I'm looking forward to visiting the Philippines. I heard that there are so many big malls there and so many beaches.

Those who give up cannot gain victory.” It’s not victory that is so important, but the fighting spirit. Even if you fail, I think even just the attitude of not giving up is beautiful in itself.

What’s so hard about love? You simply grab the other’s hand and refuse to let go.

One who wants to wear the crown, bears the crown.

My fans are my lovers, my friends, my family, my Everything

Those who give up cannot gain victory.

I think it would be really fun to film a drama in a foreign country. If the opportunity presents itself, I want to film a Chinese production.

Human life is a series of mistakes justified by reason

The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

I'm not a yeller. My theory is that no one goes out there trying to screw up.

We were wanderers from the beginning.

When I work, I live in a fantasy world. It's great. I get to play different characters who inspire me.

I'm pretty much game for anything.

I did have fun, for example, in The Black Hole which was very popular among youngsters.

Accept that, like many men, you have a streak of the homoerotic in you. Why would you, why would anyone, want to be that straight?

The reason we start things is rarely the reason we continue them.

The movies I make tend not to be quite reality but the characters are inspired by real people and they're always very personal.