--- title: "1 Easy 40S Quotes By Daniel Wu" description: "1 Easy 40S quotes by Daniel Wu. Plus more from Daniel Wu and more Easy 40S sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/990/daniel-wu-15678_actor_in-my-20s-it-was-easy-in-your-40s-it-s-a_434803.jpg" --- > [In my 20s, it was easy. In your 40s, it's a lot more challenging. You have to look at it like you're an actor, but you're also a professional athlete. You have to train.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wu/in-my-20s-it-was-easy-in-your-40s-it-s-a-lot-more-challenging-you/) [Daniel Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/990/daniel-wu-15678_actor_in-my-20s-it-was-easy-in-your-40s-it-s-a_434803.jpg) ## More by Daniel Wu > [For us as Asian-Americans, I think the bane of our existence is one stereotype - 'Sixteen Candles,' the Long Duk Dong character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wu/for-us-as-asian-americans-i-think-the-bane-of-our-existence-is-one/) [Daniel Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wu/) > [I've built a career in Asia for 18 years, playing roles that had nothing to do with my race because everybody's Chinese in the films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wu/i-ve-built-a-career-in-asia-for-18-years-playing-roles-that-had/) [Daniel Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wu/) > [I came from doing Wushu and other martial arts, and then I got into movies, and I had to learn that as well -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wu/i-came-from-doing-wushu-and-other-martial-arts-and-then-i-got-into/) [Daniel Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wu/) > [I ended up falling in love with the whole movie-making experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wu/i-ended-up-falling-in-love-with-the-whole-movie-making-experience/) [Daniel Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wu/) > [For most normal people, deadlifts stretch your hamstrings, but in my case, it tightened them, because I was already very flexible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wu/for-most-normal-people-deadlifts-stretch-your-hamstrings-but-in-my/) [Daniel Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wu/) > [I really dislike the fact that Asian males are constantly emasculated, whether it's American TV or films. You see it all the time, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wu/i-really-dislike-the-fact-that-asian-males-are-constantly-emasculated/) [Daniel Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wu/) > [In my 20s, it was easy. In your 40s, it's a lot more challenging. You have to look at it like you're an actor,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wu/in-my-20s-it-was-easy-in-your-40s-it-s-a-lot-more-challenging-you/) [Daniel Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wu/) > [For Cantonese - because there's no standardized pinyin system - I have to have someone read it to me, and then I rewrite the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wu/for-cantonese-because-there-s-no-standardized-pinyin-system-i-have-to/) [Daniel Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wu/) > [I definitely don't think I'm going to have a mid-life crisis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wu/i-definitely-don-t-think-i-m-going-to-have-a-mid-life-crisis/) [Daniel Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wu/) > [I went to Hong Kong in '97 to witness the handover after graduating university, and then I was gonna backpack around Asia and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wu/i-went-to-hong-kong-in-97-to-witness-the-handover-after-graduating/) [Daniel Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wu/) > [Bruce Lee was the first star I idolized. Growing up as a Chinese American, there weren't many people like me on the big screen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wu/bruce-lee-was-the-first-star-i-idolized-growing-up-as-a-chinese/) [Daniel Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wu/) > [I wanted to try every style available to me - large productions, small productions, studio films, low-budget. You just can't sit around and wait…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wu/i-wanted-to-try-every-style-available-to-me-large-productions-small/) [Daniel Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wu/) > [At Diversion, we want to do genres that people are not doing - or, if we're doing genres that people are doing, to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wu/at-diversion-we-want-to-do-genres-that-people-are-not-doing-or-if-we/) [Daniel Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wu/) > [I really feel that Hong Kong is my home, and Hong Kong is my identity as an actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wu/i-really-feel-that-hong-kong-is-my-home-and-hong-kong-is-my-identity/) [Daniel Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wu/) > [We'll see what I do after 'Badlands' to show audiences that I have more in my repertoire besides martial arts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wu/we-ll-see-what-i-do-after-badlands-to-show-audiences-that-i-have-more/) [Daniel Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wu/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/easy-40s/daniel-wu/#itemlist", "name": "1 Easy 40S Quotes By Daniel Wu", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In my 20s, it was easy. 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