Explore popular quotes and sayings by a choreographer Yuen Woo-ping.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Yuen Woo-ping is a Hong Kong martial arts choreographer and film director who worked in Hong Kong action cinema and later Hollywood films. He is one of the inductees on the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong. Yuen is also a son of Yuen Siu-tien, a martial arts film actor.
I have a lot of actors I want to work with; Brad Pitt, Keanu Reeves, and Uma Thurman.
You look for those actors or actresses that fit the personality to populate the film.
The invention progress is tough sometimes. When I first choreographed the Drunken Master in the past with Jackie Chan, I spent months to create the whole sequence. There were no fight sequences before; it's just a name. I have to choreograph it all by myself.
When preparing for the fight choreography, the first thing I have to think about is what fits in the script. Whatever goes along with the story line and the character's personality; they have to be matched.
I'm not retired, I will continue directing films and doing fight choreography. I won't stop.