I see so many activists. . . who are artists because they feel that they have the power of communication.
'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.
My films are always concerned with family, friendship, honor, and patriotism.
The movies I like to make are very rich and full of passion. Some people see me as an action director, but action is not the only thing in my movies. I always like to show human nature - something deep inside the heart.
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.
I can use movie as a language. Not only could it send a good message, I could let people know about my thinking and how I see the world, how I see the colour, how I see the music, how I see everything.
We don't have any splits here. The players country is Liverpool Football Club and their language is football.
You should never be ashamed of the suffering you've been through.
I'm always changing and learning about acting, and about myself. I just hope to always keep doing that.
Do it. Before they send those mutts back or something. I don't want to die like Cato," he says. “Then you shoot me," I say furiously, shoving the weapons back at him. "You shoot me and go home and live with it!" And as I say it, I know death right here, right now would be the easier of the two.