In my culture, there's a tradition that when you're in an overwhelming situation and you don't know what to do, you put yourself in a woman's shoes..

I think each movie-making process is a very exhausting and satisfying and fulfilling experience for me..

American films are less American every day, because you have to please a world audience. There's less authenticity, so it's more accessible..

San Francisco is one of my favourite cities in the world...I would probably rank it at the top or near the top. It's small but photogenic and has la….

I think it[3D] should be used as a new artistic form, not as a gimmick, not to impress you but the existence of an environment that you view as a the….

When I sent those scripts, that was the lowest point of my life. We'd just had our second son, and when I went to collect them from hospital, I went ….

When I see something I like, that's all that counts. What they use, how they get there, I never bother them..

I grew up pretty peacefully, in that Eastern way. You easily solve problems, believe in harmony. Reduce conflicts, take orders until one day you give….

On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell them why you want to do it a certai….

So it [3D] is something I'm still learning, it's fresh, so if the budget allows I'll do it again and just see how far it goes because it's the fronti….

Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing..

I'm a big boy now, and I have to deliver..

3D is quite a lot more advanced in animated movies; for live-action movies we're just taking baby steps, we're just in the beginning. So when I think….

After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism..

Even the favorite reviews, the audience response is the movie is too slow, deliberately slow. But for the Chinese audience, the biggest complaint is ….

I'm a drifter and an outsider. There's not one single environment I can totally belong to..

For a filmmaker, it's a rare chance to do a personal film on a big canvas..

The way I go about a lovemaking scene is that we will talk about it during the rehearsing time..

I'm aware of what's missing from my life..

Every movie is unknown..

I think for most people, the audience probably couldn't tell the difference, but I know they [shots of visual effects] can be better. And the people ….