Top 73 Quotes & Sayings by Wong Kar-wai - Page 2

There are certain types of genres that are impossible in China. Ghost stories, something too graphic, too violent, and of course if it's too political. Other than that, it will be fine.

I think the martial arts tradition has a big influence on our generation - we all read these novels when we were very young.

I wanted to know what exactly martial arts is. When you look at martial arts films, the later ones became more and more exaggerated. It's like, wow, is martial arts only a show?

I'm not afraid to delay the schedule to make sure that this is the film that I want, that this is the best that I can do at that point.

In a way, this is what the difference is between Hong Kong and Chinese cinema - Chinese cinema was made for their own communities. It was for propaganda. But Hong Kong made films to entertain, and they know how to communicate with international audiences.

I always think to shoot action scenes is not really about the stunts. It's more about an expression and about imagination.

Normally, filmmakers would just write a script and cast people to act as certain characters in the story. But in my way of doing things, I have the actors in my mind already, so I'm trying to borrow something that's unique to them. The characters have a very natural connection to the actors themselves.

I never had a problem with genre because a genre actually is like a uniform - you put yourself into a certain uniform. But if you dress up in a police officer's uniform, it doesn't mean that you are an officer; it can mean something else. But this is the starting point, and the best way is to not to fit into this uniform but to make this uniform a part of yourself.

I'm not coming from film school, I learned cinema in the cinema watching films.

Im a big fan of martial arts films, novels and radio programs.

We're all unlucky in love sometimes. When I am, I go jogging. The body loses water when you jog, so you have none left for tears.

I never had a problem with genre because a genre actually is like a uniform - you put yourself into a certain uniform.

People are very surprised when they come to Hong Kong after seeing my films, because my version of it is quite different than Hong Kong in reality.