"I need to talk about Chinese culture. We have deep, strong philosophy and culture. I want to share some information, tell the worldwide audience."

"I want to thank my mum, my daddy, my coach, my teacher, everybody in my life."

"Zhang Yimou is an artist. Sometimes we did only two or three shots a day because we were waiting for the sun."

"I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. Three years later I got my first championship in China."

"I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other."

"I think "Hero" is not a real martial arts movie; it is not about violence, or formula."

"Every President that went to China, I would meet them and have dinner and talk about the past and the future. That was in the '70s."

"Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope."

"Bruce Lee was very famous. I watched his movies and he is amazing. He is a martial arts master, his philosophy, his movement, both physically and mentally, were very strong."

"Wushu is a move in Chinese, a physical move. An attack. Wushu is like an art."

"This film "Hero" talks about the peace of Chinese people."

"I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat."

"I study more of truth and enlightening. I had to go the next level to talk about life."

"Zhang is a friend of mine: he said forget about acting and just do normal things in the movie."

"Everywhere I go, I still have time to meditate. People think meditating is sitting there, nobody bothering you, but you can even talk and still meditate."

"You can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to talk about love."

"I've been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old."

"Love is more powerful than kicking ass."

"When I lived in Hong Kong, I felt that Hong Kong is my family."

"I spend more time learning about Buddhism than English, which is why my English today is still bad."

"My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures."