Andrew Lau Quotes

Shooting in Hong Kong, you can do whatever you want, even change the script every day. In Hollywood, you have to have a lot of meetings.

Audiences in mainland China know how to discuss movies.

After 'Chen Zhen,' I wanted to make an emotional, touching story.

You need to make certain decisions to expand your market.

My visuals are typically very powerful. The rhythm is fast. The cuts are fast.

I still remember 2002. It's a very hard time for Hong Kong industry, no movies in Hong Kong, and also at this moment I start my new company, so many people said, 'You're crazy.'

In Hong Kong, the directors are the idea men.

Everybody want famous, like me to be a famous director.

I go to universities to talk to the students and teach them how to watch movies. Movies have so many elements - acting, music, art direction, costumes. I also tell them not to watch pirated movies. At the cinema, they can enjoy the big screen and the surround sound.

I don't care about the critics.

When I on set as a director I crazy. My temper is not that good.

In primary school when I was 6-7 years old, I always go to theater with my uncle, and I don't know why I like the atmosphere, dark only. The screen has some lighting, that kind of things, you can see the movie star and so that's why I like movies.

I want to put elements from movies into TV to raise the quality of TV.

With every movie, I try to do something different, whether it's action, comedy or drama.

We need to look to the future. You can't come up with new things unless you constantly forget the past. There's no reason to keep wearing the same pair of pants.

I still remember 1997 when I made the movie 'Storm Riders;' that moment, a lot of American producers want to hire me to make movies in the States.

I don't want to repeat myself. I don't want to shoot 10 installments of 'Infernal Affairs.'

Media Asia has great partners in China, Japan and Hollywood.

Beijing is my favorite city in China.