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" After 'Chen Zhen,' I wanted to make an emotional, touching story. "

" After making a movie, maybe you weren't able to shoot many of your ideas, because a movie is only 1 1/2 or two hours long, but TV gives you space to film a lot of things. "

" Audiences in mainland China know how to discuss movies. "

" Beijing is my favorite city in China. "

" Everybody want famous, like me to be a famous director. "

" I don't care about the critics. "

" I don't want to repeat myself. I don't want to shoot 10 installments of 'Infernal Affairs.' "

" In Hong Kong, the directors are the idea men. "

" In mainland China, there are many good theaters - sometimes better than Hong Kong. "

" In primary school when I was 6-7 years old, I always go to theater with my uncle, and I don't know why I like the atmosphere, dark only. The screen has some lighting, that kind of things, you can see the movie star and so that's why I like movies. "

" I still remember 1997 when I made the movie 'Storm Riders;' that moment, a lot of American producers want to hire me to make movies in the States. "

" I still remember 2002. It's a very hard time for Hong Kong industry, no movies in Hong Kong, and also at this moment I start my new company, so many people said, 'You're crazy.' "

" I want to put elements from movies into TV to raise the quality of TV. "

" I was able to make many different kinds of movies. They enriched me on many different levels. "

" Media Asia has great partners in China, Japan and Hollywood. "

" My visuals are typically very powerful. The rhythm is fast. The cuts are fast. "

" Shooting in Hong Kong, you can do whatever you want, even change the script every day. In Hollywood, you have to have a lot of meetings. "

" So many people ask me, 'Do you like 'Departed?' I say, '50/50.' "

" There are lots of good producers out there. "

" We need to look to the future. You can't come up with new things unless you constantly forget the past. There's no reason to keep wearing the same pair of pants. "

" When I go on the set, I'm so rushed. When I see the actors at rehearsal, when I love it, I want to keep the mood - my mood and the actors' mood also. So I have to push the crew faster. I don't want to lose the mood. "

" When I have a chance to make some movies, I am 200 percent to concentrate about my works. "

" When I on set as a director I crazy. My temper is not that good. "

" With every movie, I try to do something different, whether it's action, comedy or drama. "

" You don't want a movie to have a lot of awards and no audience. "

" You need to make certain decisions to expand your market. "

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