Zhang Yimou is an artist. Sometimes we did only two or three shots a day because we were waiting for the sun.

My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures.

Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope.

This film "Hero" talks about the peace of Chinese people.

I study more of truth and enlightening. I had to go the next level to talk about life.

Hero shows you how to solve the problem - yourself.

I need to talk about Chinese culture. We have deep, strong philosophy and culture. I want to share some information, tell the worldwide audience.

I think "Hero" is not a real martial arts movie; it is not about violence, or formula.

I've been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old.

When I lived in Hong Kong, I felt that Hong Kong is my family.

I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat.

Zhang is a friend of mine: he said forget about acting and just do normal things in the movie.

You can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to talk about love.

Everywhere I go, I still have time to meditate. People think meditating is sitting there, nobody bothering you, but you can even talk and still meditate.

Zhang Yimou is an artist. Sometimes we did only two or three shots a day because we were waiting for the sun.

Wushu is a move in Chinese, a physical move. An attack. Wushu is like an art.

I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other.

I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. Three years later I got my first championship in China.

Bruce Lee was very famous. I watched his movies and he is amazing. He is a martial arts master, his philosophy, his movement, both physically and mentally, were very strong.

I want to thank my mum, my daddy, my coach, my teacher, everybody in my life.

A weapon isn't good or bad, depends on the person who uses it.

Every President that went to China, I would meet them and have dinner and talk about the past and the future. That was in the '70s.

Love is more powerful than kicking ass.

Zhang Yimou is one of the best directors on mainland China.

I spend more time learning about Buddhism than English, which is why my English today is still bad.

In the States, you can buy Chinese food. In Beijing you can buy hamburger. It's very close. Now I feel the world become a big family, like a really big family. You have many neighbors. Not like before, two countries are far away.

My wife is the boss at home, and my daughters are the bosses. I am just the worker. We are a very warm family and very happy.

This film 'Hero' talks about the peace of Chinese people.

While films are a very visual and emotional artistic medium, video games take it one step further into the realm of a unique personal experience.

You can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' to talk about love.

I believe the world is one big family and we need to help each other.

Hong Kong film audiences are very quiet. Its their culture.

Wushu is the Chinese word for all forms of traditional Chinese Martial Arts. The word Wushu means the 'Are of Not Fighting'; The true Meaning Behind the real Martial Arts.

Wushu it is a philosophy of life. It is designed for defense, and not offense. It is a way to bring you mind back, and body into focus.

In martial arts, the biggest enemy is self. Inside you struggle because you want to prove something.

Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did.

The artist need not know very much; best of all let him work instinctively and paint as naturally as he breathes or walks.

What an artist learns matters little. What he himself discovers has a real worth for him, and gives him the necessary incitement to work.

Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it. The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired.

I'm inspired by nature. Other artist's work is important for developing my perception.

There is only one position for an artist anywhere; and that is upright.

The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does.

To say that an artist sells out means that an artist is making a conscious choice to compromise his music, to to weaken his music for the sake of commercial gain.

What do you say when someone has truly inspired you? How do you express to an artist how deeply their work has affected you?

An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.

When I say artist I mean the man who is building things - creating molding the earth - whether it be the plains of the west - or the iron ore of Penn. It's all a big game of construction - some with a brush - some with a shovel - some choose a pen.

You have to find what makes you stable in the storm. Then, no matter what's happening round you, no matter what the hype or the publicity, you can still manage to make leaps in your work as an artist.

The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another... and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world.

I've always felt that if one was going to take seriously this vocation as an artist, you have to get beyond that decorative facade.