Quote: A book in Japan said that I'm the last dragon coming out of Hong Kong. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: A gesture, a smile, or just walking down the street is an expression. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: After a week of reconstructing film, I realized I hit in the middle of Asian stock crisis. The money that was promised to back up my film was cut off so I had to put my own money. That was the biggest problem. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: After making Legend, which is a period piece, set mainly in exteriors and with a lot of martial arts, I wanted to make a totally different kind of film for my second movie. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: Ballistic Kiss is an urban thriller, with more gunplay. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: Bruce is the man. He was definitely ahead of his time. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: But I'm trying to find a balance where I can maintain my identity and stay focused on not walking the wrong path. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: Everything is meant to be for a reason. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: For many years, I had difficulty trying to identify myself in Hong Kong. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: For me, shooting, editing, and scoring rely on rhythm. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: For the past couple of years, the industry was trying to pump out action flicks by using couple of youngsters but there aren't any real deal martial artists. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: For the past four years, I wanted to move behind the camera so much that that I may have overlooked the actuality of martial arts films. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: For years, I looked to Bruce Lee as a mentor as being a Chinese and Asian man living in this country. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: Francis Ford Coppola and the film company he formed with Wayne Wang called Clone Dragon approached me. The objective of the company is to recruit Asian talent and using these talents to produce low budget films. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: From my experience as an actor, choreographer, action director, and producer, I understand the elements and the dynamics of being a film maker. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: I also have a big following in Japan both as an actor and director. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: I feel happy, but it's not like I'm so excited that I would take things for granted. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: I got nominated for my second film as best young director in the Aikido Film Festival in Japan. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: I guess I would feel more at home in Hong Kong. That's where I made my name and where I made all my connections. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: I have been in many of these types of occasions in my life and a lot of times I just walk in with no expectations. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: I have this dual identity. One is this person who has grown up in the States and the other is person that I truly am. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: I look at women as a beautiful creation of God and I like beautiful things. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: I mean if you watch Quentin Tarantino's films, you feel him, you feel the way he is. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: I refused to do that because I always have certain beliefs and I will turn down certain projects if I don't believe in it. [Donnie Yen]
Quote: I strongly felt that to distinguish ourselves we needed to emphasize the individual style and character of the martial artist. [Donnie Yen]