Wong Kar-wai

Love is all a matter of timing. It's no good meeting the right person too soon or too late.

— Wong Kar-wai

In our case, we have no script. So the only people we can work with are people who have been working with…

— Wong Kar-wai

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

I didn't know anything about martial arts. I'm a big fan, but I never practiced martial arts.

— Wong Kar-wai

We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love

— Wong Kar-wai

When I look at 'Fallen Angels,' I realize it is not a film that is truly about Hong Kong. It's more like…

— Wong Kar-wai

Ip Man was an extraordinary man who lived during extraordinary times. He was born to a rich family when the country was…

— Wong Kar-wai

It is always good to work with a very regular group of people because we know how high we can fly and…

— Wong Kar-wai

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

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

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

When it's time to let go, I don't look back, and I start another project as soon as possible. One thing I…

— Wong Kar-wai

This is what the difference is between Hong Kong and Chinese cinema - Chinese cinema was made for their own communities. It…

— Wong Kar-wai

I'm not coming from film school, I learned cinema in the cinema watching films.

— Wong Kar-wai

I never studied film formally at school, but as a kid, I spent most of my time in cinemas.

— Wong Kar-wai

Im a big fan of martial arts films, novels and radio programs.

— Wong Kar-wai

I never had a problem with genre because a genre actually is like a uniform - you put yourself into a certain…

— Wong Kar-wai

The original title for 'In the Mood for Love' was called 'A Story About Food.' The idea was to tell a love…

— Wong Kar-wai

I don't do rehearsal. Some directors prefer to do rehearsal - readings before the actual shooting - but I don't like this…

— Wong Kar-wai

“He remembers those vanished years. As though looking through a dusty window pane, the past is something he could see, but not…

— Wong Kar-Wai

The industry and support in China has really matured because there are so many productions there. At the same time, there's been…

— Wong Kar-wai

Because we don't have a lot of light, because we have a very low budget, we have to adjust the speed of…

— Wong Kar-wai

During shooting, you have the idea, like, of this certain dress on this actress, but it's not to fit, so you have…

— Wong Kar-wai

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

Some actors like encouragement. Some actors prefer to have pressure. And sometimes, for some actors, its better to give your comment by…

— Wong Kar-wai