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.

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.

I'm a very emotional guy.

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

I always tell younger filmmakers, it's not just about the acting or the art itself. It's about how big of an audience watches your film.

Virtue can only flourish among equals.

I like to spend as much time with my friends and family as possible.

I can't afford to have thoughts in my head about me that God doesn't have in His.

If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.

Identity is such a crucial affair that one shouldn't rush into it.

Grandpa says we've got everything to make us happy but happiness.

Ask the beasts and they will teach you the beauty of this earth.

I find that nowadays it's just gotten harder for me to read for fun. It feels like all of my reading is research-based.

Peace, if possible, but justice at any rate.

Well, we won the war. You know what that means. In twenty years, we'll all be driving Iraqi cars