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. |
I've been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old. |
I study more of truth and enlightening. I had to go the next level to talk about life. |
I want to thank my mum, my daddy, my coach, my teacher, everybody in my life. |
This film "Hero" talks about the peace of Chinese people. |
A weapon isn't good or bad, depends on the person who uses it. |
You can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to talk about love. |
Wushu is a move in Chinese, a physical move. An attack. Wushu is like an art. |
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. |
Zhang Yimou is one of the best directors on mainland China. |
My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures. |
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. |
Zhang is a friend of mine: he said forget about acting and just do normal things in the movie. |
I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat. |
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. |
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. |
I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other. |
When I lived in Hong Kong, I felt that Hong Kong is my family. |
Zhang Yimou is an artist. Sometimes we did only two or three shots a day because we were waiting for the sun. |
I think "Hero" is not a real martial arts movie; it is not about violence, or formula. |