When I made 'Hard Boiled,' I had no idea that it would be released to an international audience. I just wanted to make a film to team up my two favorite actors, Tony Leung and Chow Yun-Fat.

My films are always concerned with family, friendship, honor, and patriotism.

I have never intended in any of my films to sell violence or to glorify it. Even in the most intense action sequences in my films, there is a message about how evil violence is.

There is absolutely no Wuxia or martial arts in 'Red Cliff.' I want all the action to look realistic.

When I was young, I loved movies so much I wanted to make one.

'Hard Boiled' is my last film in Hong Kong, before I moved to the U.S. It is the one film which is most accepted by the audience in the West.

For my own films, I would like to see 'Bullet in the Head' remastered. The original cut was actually almost three hours.

I'm not a master; I'm just a hard-working filmmaker. I would like everyone to see me as a friend rather than a master.

I also wanted people to know that football actually started in China almost 3000 years ago.

Success does not come by itself

Pleasure is not the purpose of man's existence. Joy is.

The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful. PROVERBS 12:22

...they discovered only a small asteroid inhabited by a solitary old man who claimed repeatedly that nothing was true, though he was later discovered to be lying.

I am mindful that we're all sinners.

It's easy for people to strike if they're not working on a regular basis.

The days that I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations, I have really good days.

It's better to be in charge of change than to have to react to change.

We humans have come to a crossroads in our history: we can either destroy the world or create a good future.

It is easy to get to the top after you get through the crowd at the bottom.