I didn't know anything about martial arts. I'm a big fan, but I never practiced martial arts. — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
1936 is a very important year: a golden time for martial arts, right before the Japanese invasion. — 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
When you look at martial arts films, the later ones became more and more exaggerated. It's like, wow, is martial arts only… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
I think the martial arts tradition has a big influence on our generation - we all read these novels when we were… — 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
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
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
