Art Quote by Scott Derrickson

When you look at martial arts films, the later ones became more and more exaggerated. It's like, wow, is martial arts only a show?

— Wong Kar-wai

I wanted to know what exactly martial arts is. When you look at martial arts films, the later ones became more and more exaggerated.…

— Wong Kar-wai

I think the one thing specifically that is most consistent, is that we want to harken back to martial arts movies because that's kind…

— Jennifer Yuh Nelson

I was really interested in doing a martial arts movie, but maybe exploring ideas that maybe you wouldn't think to explore in a martial…

— Riley Stearns

There is also a strong following among the urbanites on the East Coast when it comes to martial arts films.

— Donnie Yen

And having those mystical elements you see in Asian cinema and certainly Asian martial arts cinema, it's something that we wanted to begin to…

— Alfred Gough

I watch mostly every martial arts movie... I really like movies that aren't just martial arts. I like movies that have spiritual meaning behind…

— Tony Jaa

I wish there were more kung fu films. They are a part of our culture.

— Sammo Hung

Martial arts is the kind of action that does tie in well to the supernatural.

— Scott Derrickson

It's [Into the Badlands] something that's very, very different and I think that's why it divided critics initially because they didn't understand it or…

— Miles Millar

A lot of Chinese martial arts films were based on Chinese martial arts novels. And these novels created a world of putting history, calligraphy,…

— Donnie Yen

I feel like it's a bit of a misconception that all actors have to be expert martial artists if they're Asian.

— Simu Liu