“I don't want to be a grumpy old man or too pessimistic, because if I h...” — Wong Kar-wai Quote

I don't want to be a grumpy old man or too pessimistic, because if I have a chance, I would prefer to watch a film in the cinema with an audience on a big screen instead of watching it on a cell phone. It's a very different experience, but somehow I think this form will have its own future and life.

This is what the difference is between Hong Kong and Chinese cinema - Chinese cinema was made for their own communities. It was for propaganda. But Hong Kong made films to entertain, and they know how to communicate with international audiences.

Sometimes, when you're on the streets, certain music inspires you, and then you have a vision. But, at the end of the day, it's a synthesis of visions, so you have to think, as a director, of a scene, or how to deliver a line, or how do this visually.

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

I was very introverted as a child and as an adult. But something inside told me that I needed to express myself, and it would be on the big screen.

Billy Graham that the world saw on television or saw on the big screen was the same Billy Graham that we saw at home. He wasn't two people.

TV actors are doing great in Bollywood. We have our own market, our own fans, who love to see us on the big screen.

Going to a theatre and watching yourself on the big screen is a nightmare.

I hope 'Chess' will hit the big screen. It seems a natural to me. Good venues, tunes, and politics.