I like to stay within the context of the character's background. If he's a cop, I have to make sure the audience is convinced that this person, a cop, can do only so much without a gun.

Better to be called something positive and inspirational than something negative.

Martial art is a form of expression, an expression from your inner self to your hands and legs.

My action follows my characters. If a character is a cop, you cannot be posing all the time, you cannot fly off the roof because it doesn't make any sense - it's not practical.

I got nominated for my second film as best young director in the Aikido Film Festival in Japan.

I've always been in a rebel.

For years, I looked to Bruce Lee as a mentor as being a Chinese and Asian man living in this country.

There are two types of Chinese growing up in America. One is the kind that does really well in school, with thick, thick glasses. And the other is involved with the gangs.

The main reason I like UFC is not just the martial arts aspect, but it's about one person against the other person. It's about being able to test yourself with the truth.

I'm a very emotional guy.

Bruce is the man. He was definitely ahead of his time.

I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more - the feeling that I could last forever outlast the sea the earth and all men.

Inequality saps the economy by draining the buying power of Americans whose incomes have stagnated, forcing them to rely on debt to fund education, housing, and health care.

My family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy.

Our 'pathway' is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.

And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

I really like the really high banked tracks.

Each man must reach his own verdict, by weighing all the relevant evidence.

I don't go to the sale rack. But I wouldn't say I am decadent in my spending. I am careful.

Film, therefore, is part of society, not distant from it, easy to experience for people regardless of class.

Once upon a time' lasts forever.