Martial art is a form of expression, an expression from your inner self to your hands and legs.

Better to be called something positive and inspirational than something negative.

My action follows my characters. If a character is a cop, you cannot be posing all the time, you cannot fly off the roof because it doesn't make any sense - it's not practical.

I got nominated for my second film as best young director in the Aikido Film Festival in Japan.

I've always been in a rebel.

For years, I looked to Bruce Lee as a mentor as being a Chinese and Asian man living in this country.

There are two types of Chinese growing up in America. One is the kind that does really well in school, with thick, thick glasses. And the other is involved with the gangs.

The main reason I like UFC is not just the martial arts aspect, but it's about one person against the other person. It's about being able to test yourself with the truth.

I'm a very emotional guy.

Bruce is the man. He was definitely ahead of his time.

I always tell younger filmmakers, it's not just about the acting or the art itself. It's about how big of an audience watches your film.

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I don't see the point in worrying now that I a half-dead and not when I was okay.

There was a time when I felt I should do everything that was offered to me, you know, ride the wave.

Nothing is perfect. Therefore, being perfect is being nothing… and that's a great way to lose weight.

When you want success as bad as you want to breathe, then you will be successful.

It is no merit in the sorrowful that they weep, or to the oppressed and smothering that they gasp and struggle, not to me, that I must speak for the oppressed - who cannot speak for themselves.

To just write one song to then go and play huge festivals all around the world it's exciting and it's never really been the case.

I do believe that our climate is changing. I don't agree that all the changes are necessarily due solely to human activity.

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.