"It goes back to when I was a teenager in China, being in a place where there are lies everywhere. You felt like you w…"

"I love movies that don’t necessarily tell me how I should feel or how I should think but give me this canvas that I c…"

"I have gone through ups and downs in my relatively short career. And one thing I’ve learned is a bit of a cliché, but…"

"The one thing that I learned really early on is that you’ve got to surround yourself with the right people. Because y…"

"Someone I really respect and have been working with recently said to me, “You have to know that you have power. Know …"

"I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. I don’t think I can pinpoint why my upbringing or experiences have made m…"

"Sometimes life drives you to a place… the road allows you to rediscover yourself."

"I don’t make films so that people can agree with me more. I make them to portray a character, a people or a way of li…"

"But just by pointing the camera at something, you’re already making a statement of some kind. It’s inevitable, becaus…"

"I’m not the kind of filmmaker who just makes films. I have to be in love with my subject matter and want to learn mor…"