Only people have been through that miserable time will recall the pass from their deep memory.
— Zhang Yimou
I hope before I am getting too old and when my mind is still functioning, I can tell some better stories.
Under the big political umbrella, a man is just like a leaf in the ocean, with no control of his destiny and does not have any choice.
You must know what you are capable of.
HERO is a combination of my personal feeling and the commercialism.
Now a movie with 30 million returns would be something very incredible and the producer can only get 10 to 15 million. This is only 100 thousands US dollars. This is not enough!
I'm not Ang Lee who knows so much about western market and the taste of western audiences.
People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life.
People in misery is what most important in art.
Ang Lee was educated in the West and his English is good.
For over ten years I always had, but I don't speak English.
This is my first wuxia movie and I must consider this before trying to make something with my own.
Piracy has destroyed the domestic market.
I am a fan of wuxia.
Time has changed and now is the age of spending.
To do art, one thing should always remember - subjects of people in misery have deep meanings.
I must stick with Chinese language films.
The so-called commercialism includes elements like story, plots, rhythms and large big scenes.
Wuxia is a fantasy world exists in everyone's mind.
But I think we need the international market.
To survive is to win.
