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"Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun."
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"You were not born to make only a living but to live life."

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"Like a bird, fly against the wind of opinions to reach your destination."

"You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

"Without challenge we become too comfortable with life."

"When you travel, appreciate the culture of the people in the land."

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"Life will fulfill your expectations."

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"To me, Ennis stands for the conservative side of America. He's the biggest homophobe in the whole movie - culturally and psychologically - but by the time he admits his feelings, it's too late."

"Usually with this genre the first thing that happens is a good fight sequence to show that you're in good hands. So we broke that rule. I think a lot of that comes from the western audience."

"Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself."

"I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie, and I'm not gay. I learned as I went along."

"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 to the bank to try and get some money to buy some diapers, the screen showed I've got $26 left."

"I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even to a lot of Americans."

"I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting to pick it as my first martial arts film. It has a very strong female character and it was very abundant in classic Chinese textures."

"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 certain way, and they argue with you. Democracy."
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