Zhang Yimou

You must know what you are capable of.

— Zhang Yimou

This is my first wuxia movie and I must consider this before trying to make something with my own.

— Zhang Yimou

The so-called commercialism includes elements like story, plots, rhythms and large big scenes.

— Zhang Yimou

Wuxia is a fantasy world exists in everyone's mind.

— Zhang Yimou

People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life.

— Zhang Yimou

For over ten years I always had, but I don't speak English.

— Zhang Yimou

To do art, one thing should always remember - subjects of people in misery have deep meanings.

— Zhang Yimou

To survive is to win.

— Zhang Yimou

I'm not Ang Lee who knows so much about western market and the taste of western audiences.

— Zhang Yimou

People in misery is what most important in art.

— Zhang Yimou

I must stick with Chinese language films.

— Zhang Yimou

Piracy has destroyed the domestic market.

— Zhang Yimou

HERO is a combination of my personal feeling and the commercialism.

— Zhang Yimou

Under the big political umbrella, a man is just like a leaf in the ocean, with no control of his destiny and…

— Zhang Yimou

I am a fan of wuxia.

— Zhang Yimou

Only people have been through that miserable time will recall the pass from their deep memory.

— Zhang Yimou

I hope before I am getting too old and when my mind is still functioning, I can tell some better stories.

— Zhang Yimou

Now a movie with 30 million returns would be something very incredible and the producer can only get 10 to 15 million.…

— Zhang Yimou

Love that can be explained is not love.

— Zhang Yimou

Ang Lee was educated in the West and his English is good.

— Zhang Yimou

Time has changed and now is the age of spending.

— Zhang Yimou

But I think we need the international market.

— Zhang Yimou