Quotes

I'm not really interested in politics, because I think it's just too removed from my own life. If there's a war, though, or a disaster, I want to know what's happening. (Zhang Ziyi)

Today's China is not in the least shut out from the rest of the world. Trends come to us from all over the world. And the Internet is really developed in China. We get news from all over the world. (Zhang Ziyi)

When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved. (Zhang Ziyi)

When two people first meet, they can only have a very ordinary kind of friendship. But when you begin to understand each other, when you get close to them, you discover that you're suddenly eager to know him or her even better. (Zhang Ziyi)

Yes. Otherwise I could have done a lot of Hollywood movies. After Crouching Tiger I got a lot of offers, but I turned them down because they were all victim roles - poor girls sold to America to be a wife or whatever. I know I have the ability to go deeper, to take on more original roles than that. (Zhang Ziyi)

After I learn more English, I'll work hard and make more films. (Zhang Ziyi)

I hope before I am getting too old and when my mind is still functioning, I can tell some better stories. (Zhang Yimou)

Now a movie with 30 million returns would be something very incredible and the producer can only get 10 to 15 million. This is only 100 thousands US dollars. This is not enough! (Zhang Yimou)

People in misery is what most important in art. (Zhang Yimou)

You must know what you are capable of. (Zhang Yimou)