Small: How I was raised is what I am today
"How I was raised is what I am today"
Joan Chen, Actress
Small: Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an effort to quit. I love acting I love directi
"Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an effort to quit. I love acting; I love directing"
Joan Chen, Actress
Small: You must know what you are capable of
"You must know what you are capable of"
Zhang Yimou, Director
Small: Wuxia is a fantasy world exists in everyones mind
"Wuxia is a fantasy world exists in everyone's mind"
Zhang Yimou, Director
Small: To survive is to win
"To survive is to win"
Zhang Yimou, Director
Small: Time has changed and now is the age of spending
"Time has changed and now is the age of spending"
Zhang Yimou, Director
Small: Now a movie with 30 million returns would be something very incredible and the producer can only get 10 to 15
"Now a movie with 30 million returns would be something very incredible and the producer can only get 10 to 15 million. This is only 100 thousands US dollars. This is not enough!"
Zhang Yimou, Director
Small: For over ten years I always had, but I dont speak English
"For over ten years I always had, but I don't speak English"
Zhang Yimou, Director
Small: Ang Lee was educated in the West and his English is good
"Ang Lee was educated in the West and his English is good"
Zhang Yimou, Director
Small: Piracy has destroyed the domestic market
"Piracy has destroyed the domestic market"
Zhang Yimou, Director
Small: I must stick with Chinese language films
"I must stick with Chinese language films"
Zhang Yimou, Director
Small: But I think we need the international market
"But I think we need the international market"
Zhang Yimou, Director
Small: To do art, one thing should always remember - subjects of people in misery have deep meanings
"To do art, one thing should always remember - subjects of people in misery have deep meanings"
Zhang Yimou, Director
Small: The so-called commercialism includes elements like story, plots, rhythms and large big scenes
"The so-called commercialism includes elements like story, plots, rhythms and large big scenes"
Zhang Yimou, Director
Small: People in misery is what most important in art
"People in misery is what most important in art"
Zhang Yimou, Director
Small: HERO is a combination of my personal feeling and the commercialism
"HERO is a combination of my personal feeling and the commercialism"
Zhang Yimou, Director
Small: Im not Ang Lee who knows so much about western market and the taste of western audiences
"I'm not Ang Lee who knows so much about western market and the taste of western audiences"
Zhang Yimou, Director
Small: I dont want to tell people what I make. Its a lot more than I ever dreamed of as a kid. I never think about it
"I don't want to tell people what I make. It's a lot more than I ever dreamed of as a kid. I never think about it"
Joan Chen, Actress
Small: All Asian parents are into your children having a respectable, decent stable job. Acting was unimaginable to m
"All Asian parents are into your children having a respectable, decent stable job. Acting was unimaginable to my parents"
Joan Chen, Actress
Small: The lowest budget U.S. films are ten times times better than shooting in Tibet
"The lowest budget U.S. films are ten times times better than shooting in Tibet"
Joan Chen, Actress
Small: I will always have a career. I believe in working. I dont believe that taking care of your house and children
"I will always have a career. I believe in working. I don't believe that taking care of your house and children is enough for a woman. You don't feel complete"
Joan Chen, Actress
Small: Beauty is the result of having been through an experience all the way through to the end - therefore it has a
"Beauty is the result of having been through an experience all the way through to the end - therefore it has a poignancy. Beauty that is singular always comes from following an experience to the point where you can go no further"
Joan Chen, Actress
Small: If you know how to do a job very well, you keep doing it
"If you know how to do a job very well, you keep doing it"
Joan Chen, Actress
Small: I would never offer advice without the person asking for it. I, in general, dont believe in giving advice, act
"I would never offer advice without the person asking for it. I, in general, don't believe in giving advice, actually, as a human being I don't"
Joan Chen, Actress
Small: I know what actors fear, what they like I know how to get things out of them and I listen to them better, sinc
"I know what actors fear, what they like; I know how to get things out of them and I listen to them better, since I've been there"
Joan Chen, Actress
Small: I dont find intimate scenes more difficult than other scenes
"I don't find intimate scenes more difficult than other scenes"
Joan Chen, Actress
Small: Acting is actually private
"Acting is actually private"
Joan Chen, Actress
Small: There are many ways you can make money. Certain ways will make you happy, certain other ways will make other p
"There are many ways you can make money. Certain ways will make you happy, certain other ways will make other people happy. But if you go in because there's money in there, you're bound to fail, bound to fail!"
Joan Chen, Actress
Small: The romantic love we feel toward the opposite sex is probably one extra help from God to bring you together, b
"The romantic love we feel toward the opposite sex is probably one extra help from God to bring you together, but that's it. All the rest of it, the true love, is the test"
Joan Chen, Actress
Small: Physical hunger and physical poverty is something I could only imagine. Ive been poor when I was in China...
"Physical hunger and physical poverty is something I could only imagine. I've been poor when I was in China... As kids we never had to starve, but just didn't have enough meat, enough rice"
Joan Chen, Actress
Small: The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treat
"The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly"
Joan Chen, Actress
Small: My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport
"My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport"
Joan Chen, Actress
Small: As an actress I find the most enjoyable part of acting is really just to please the director. I just want to p
"As an actress I find the most enjoyable part of acting is really just to please the director. I just want to please my director"
Joan Chen, Actress
Small: I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
"I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan"
Jackie Chan, Actor
Small: A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, Jackie, are you scared? Of course Im scared. Im not Superman
Jackie Chan
"A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman"
Jackie Chan, Actor
Small: For me, shooting, editing, and scoring rely on rhythm
"For me, shooting, editing, and scoring rely on rhythm"
Donnie Yen, Actor
Small: Bruce is the man. He was definitely ahead of his time
"Bruce is the man. He was definitely ahead of his time"
Donnie Yen, Actor
Small: There are two types of Chinese growing up in America. One is the kind that does really well in school, with th
"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"
Donnie Yen, Actor
Small: Im crazy, but Im not too crazy
Jackie Chan
"I'm crazy, but I'm not too crazy"
Jackie Chan, Actor
Small: Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your origin
Jackie Chan
"Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality"
Jackie Chan, Actor
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