I think, to be a director, sometimes you need to have certain hunches - you have to believe in some gut feeling. — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
I sometimes compare making a film to cooking. Some dishes need to be stewed, while others need to be fried. — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
I never studied film formally at school, but as a kid, I spent most of my time in cinemas. — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
At film festivals, I put on my sunglasses and go to sleep because I don't want to see my films again. — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
I'm not coming from film school, I learned cinema in the cinema watching films. — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
I wanted to know what exactly martial arts is. When you look at martial arts films, the later ones became more and… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
Each production has certain circumstances that will bring you to a certain way of making it. It is not intentional, it is… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
My films are never about what Hong Kong is like, or anything approaching a realistic portrait, but what I think about Hong… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
I'm not coming from film school. I learned cinema in the cinema watching films, so you always have a curiosity. I say,… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
People are very surprised when they come to Hong Kong after seeing my films, because my version of it is quite different… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to make a film about the Tong Wars, the rioting and the crime factions in San Francisco's Chinatown in… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
I'm not very aware of styles. We never talk about styles before we start shooting, or even during shooting, because I think… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
I'm not afraid to delay the schedule to make sure that this is the film that I want, that this is the… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
I don't want to be a grumpy old man or too pessimistic, because if I have a chance, I would prefer to… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
After the Revolution in '49, all the films were propaganda. They serviced the government and carried the message that the government wants… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
In my first film, we always tried to have a script and work in a normal way, but I was constantly changing… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
To make a film like 'The Grandmaster,' I know I'm not going to make just a standard kung-fu film; it's not going… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
What makes international cinema so interesting is that each territory has its own sensibility. When you look at an Indian or French… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
The reason it takes me so long to make a film, the reason it gets so difficult, is that I'm trying to… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
For 'Chungking Express,' the way we shot the film was all handheld and with all this existing light, and that became very… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
This is what the difference is between Hong Kong and Chinese cinema - Chinese cinema was made for their own communities. It… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
The Chinese government promised Hong Kong '50 years, and change.' And 50 years later, after 1997, will be 2046; I think, 'Well,… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
To make films, it always begins with two words: what and how. First of all, you have to find a story, or… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
I started out my career as a screenwriter and quickly discovered that adhering to a script isn't always the best way to… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
Most of my films deal with people who are stuck in certain routines and habits that don't make them happy. They want… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
'Ashes of Time' was my third film, and as a young director at that point, it's not very often that you have… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
Love is all a matter of timing. It's no good meeting the right person too soon or too late. — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share
In our case, we have no script. So the only people we can work with are people who have been working with us in… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share
Each production has certain circumstances that will bring you to a certain way of making it. It is not intentional, it is not an… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share
I didn't know anything about martial arts. I'm a big fan, but I never practiced martial arts. — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share
When I look at 'Fallen Angels,' I realize it is not a film that is truly about Hong Kong. It's more like my Hong… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share
Ip Man was an extraordinary man who lived during extraordinary times. He was born to a rich family when the country was still a… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share
It is always good to work with a very regular group of people because we know how high we can fly and what are… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share
What makes international cinema so interesting is that each territory has its own sensibility. When you look at an Indian or French film, there's… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share
For 'Chungking Express,' the way we shot the film was all handheld and with all this existing light, and that became very popular. Everybody… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share
I always think to shoot action scenes is not really about the stunts. It's more about an expression and about imagination. — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share
When it's time to let go, I don't look back, and I start another project as soon as possible. One thing I remind myself… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share
This is what the difference is between Hong Kong and Chinese cinema - Chinese cinema was made for their own communities. It was for… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share
I'm not coming from film school, I learned cinema in the cinema watching films. — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share
I never studied film formally at school, but as a kid, I spent most of my time in cinemas. — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share
