I Think Great Romance Needs Great Obstacles

Making A Martial Arts Film In English To Me Is The Same As John Wayne Speaking Chinese In A Western.

If You Try To Act, You're Going To Look Like You're Acting. So Don't Act.

Basically The Movies I Make Are My Life, So I Choose How I Want To Live My Life For The Next Two Years. So That's A Decision I Have To Make. At Some Point If I Feel There Are Enough Elements - It Doesn't Even Have To Have Great Characters Or Great Stories - It's Just Elements That Can Get My Excitement And Curiosity For One Or Two Years, Then I'll Jump In And I'll Find Out What That Is. Then I Have To Do [interviews Like This] And Rationalize Why I Do This.

So Many Times You See Beautiful Lovemaking Scenes With A Lot Of Exposure Or An Awkward Lovemaking Scene, But I Think It's Very Rare That You See It Private.

I Have A Lot Of Repression. So Repression Is What I Make Movies About.