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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Hero shows you how to solve the problem - yourself.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“Love is more powerful than kicking ass.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”