Directing, writing, producing and starring is just too tough. Stephen Chow More Quotes by Stephen Chow More Quotes From Stephen Chow There's no common taste in this world. Stephen Chow taste common world I had a dog I raised for many years. He was a Pekingese with big eyes and a flat face, very cute. Stephen Chow eye dog cute If you can keep going and never give up, ultimately you will get something that you really want. Stephen Chow giving-up ifs want I fell in love with Bruce Lee after I watched his movies, and I wanted to become a kung-fu practicer, and I would like to be someone like Bruce Lee. That's why I learned kung-fu, and that's why I picked the wing chun style, because it's his style. That's why I decided to be an actor, to go into show business, because of him. Stephen Chow style actors wings I don't hate being an actor. But if there's a choice, I prefer to direct. Stephen Chow actors hate choices Sometimes earning awards doesn't matter as much as earning revenue or profit, or having a good response from the audience. No matter how many awards you win, if you can't earn any profit from your movie, if the audience doesn't like it, then it doesn't matter how many awards you get. Stephen Chow awards matter winning If first of all you have a wrong idea, then it's kind of wasting time. No matter how hard that you try with a wrong idea, it makes it difficult to be successful. Stephen Chow successful trying ideas Every project for me is a risk that I bet on. I believe my senses, and hopefully it will be successful. But sometimes you make it, and sometimes you fail. Stephen Chow risk successful believe I train my muscles, and I do a lot of stretching, and try to kick higher. But for me, practicing kung-fu is a way to relax myself. Stephen Chow relax trying way I think my English is bad. Stephen Chow thinking I was very poor. As a child my dream was to have a leather football. Stephen Chow dream football children When I was an actor in some movies a long time ago, I was so curious about all the camera movements - why is the camera placed here, and why does it move like this? And why the set and the background, the color? It's a lot of questions for me to ask, because I was so interested, not only in acting, but also the whole process of filmmaking. Stephen Chow movie color moving From a director's point of view, if I can create different characters which impress the audience, that's fantastic for me. Stephen Chow views character directors I like working as a director most. Stephen Chow directors A creation needs not only subjectivity, but also objectivity. Stephen Chow subjectivity objectivity needs Hong Kong people, they treat me more like a director, like a producer, like a filmmaker. If they recognize me, they treat me as a producer more than a star. And also, I make one movie in three years. I think they already forget who I am, because I've been away too long! Stephen Chow long people thinking To make a kung fu film is like a dream come true, because I'm a big fan of kung fu movies and I'm learning kung fu for a long time. Stephen Chow fans dream long I'm extremely busy and running around requires a lot of energy. Stephen Chow energy busy running Why do I use the same actors in different movies? One of the things I really stress in casting is I need to find someone who is suitable for the role in the movie. That's always the main reason. Stephen Chow stress different needs I did learn Chinese kung-fu in a school for a short time, but I couldn't afford to pay for long-term learning. Stephen Chow chinese long school
