“The opportunity, number one, to work with Ang Lee is an amazing thing for me.”

“Thinking back to those earlier days, I felt I was weak when I wasn't making movies, and then when I was, I thought I was weak as a family member.”

“My father was the center of the family, and everyone tried to please him.”

“You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing.”

“I hope people don't compare 2D and 3D because 3D's new, it's unfair to compare to 2D which is really sophisticated, even when we're jaded about it. 3D just began, give it a chance, let the equipment and projection system catch up and be better, let the price go down, let more filmmakers get a hold of it more easily.”

“I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making.”

“Economically, it's more expensive to make movies. I hope digital movies change that.”

“Thinking back to those earlier days, I felt I was weak when I wasn't making movies, and then when I was, I thought I was weak as a family member.”

“I think a lot of people do big movies not because they are talented artists but because they can function in the circumstances.”

“In the past I've made movies that were pretty universally liked. You can't really hate them. You can discard them, but you can't really hate them.”

“Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.”

“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.”

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

“I have a lot of repression. So repression is what I make movies about.”

“I'm actually living my life with the material I choose to work with.”

“I think I can work with any type of actor.”