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Daniel Wu

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[Wikipedia] Daniel Neh-Tsu Wu is a Hong Kong-American actor. He is known as a "flexible and distinctive" leading actor in the Chinese-language film industry. Since his film debut in 1998, he has been featured in over 60 films. A three-time Golden Horse Award nominee, he also starred in the AMC martial arts dram

Quotes 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.

Character

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I've built a career in Asia for 18 years, playing roles that had nothing to do with my race because everybody's Chinese…

Asia

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I came from doing Wushu and other martial arts, and then I got into movies, and I had to learn that as…

Art

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I ended up falling in love with the whole movie-making experience.

Cinema

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For most normal people, deadlifts stretch your hamstrings, but in my case, it tightened them, because I was already very flexible.

Case

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I really dislike the fact that Asian males are constantly emasculated, whether it's American TV or films. You see it all the…

American

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In my 20s, it was easy. In your 40s, it's a lot more challenging. You have to look at it like you're…

Actor

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For Cantonese - because there's no standardized pinyin system - I have to have someone read it to me, and then I…

Me

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I definitely don't think I'm going to have a mid-life crisis.

Crisis

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I went to Hong Kong in '97 to witness the handover after graduating university, and then I was gonna backpack around Asia…

Come

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Bruce Lee was the first star I idolized. Growing up as a Chinese American, there weren't many people like me on the…

American

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I wanted to try every style available to me - large productions, small productions, studio films, low-budget. You just can't sit around…

Cinema

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At Diversion, we want to do genres that people are not doing - or, if we're doing genres that people are doing,…

Diversion

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I really feel that Hong Kong is my home, and Hong Kong is my identity as an actor.

Actor

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We'll see what I do after 'Badlands' to show audiences that I have more in my repertoire besides martial arts.

Art

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I've been lucky enough to build a career outside of America, where I got 18 years and over 60 films of experience.

America

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My sister Gloria asked me to try modeling.

Asked

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You've gotta understand camera angles, camera movement - a kick that may not be very powerful may look very powerful from a…

Camera

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The two don't necessarily translate, especially if you're a prize fighter: you've fought all your life, you've fought all these fights, and…

Fighter

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I graduated from university with a degree in architecture and then ended up doing a series of internships with different firms. And…

Architecture

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I really want to take time and be in the moment with my kid for at least the first year. I know…

Chemistry

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When I was a kid, I loved watching kung fu movies - in San Francisco, we had 'Kung Fu Theater' on TV…

Kung fu

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Asian Americans haven't had as many opportunities as other people to build their careers in Hollywood, just because there hasn't been that…

American

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In 'The Matrix,' you see the fight between Keanu Reeves and Lawrence Fishburne. It's an amazing fight. But I know that they've…

Actually

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There's a huge interest in the Chinese market, and Hollywood has a huge interest in the Chinese market with films like 'Transformers'…

Hollywood

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