Hong Kong Cinema Is Something You Can't

The Tone Of The Picture And The Atmosphere Was In My Head And In My Blood In A Way Once I'd Decided To Make The Picture. I Had To Find My Way Through That To Choose, Select, Emphasise Certain Visual Elements And Sound.

The Vampire Thing Always Works For Some Reason. Always Works.

My Films Really Have To Be A Part Of A Whole Body Of Work That Says Something To Me.

Violence Is Not The Answer, It Doesn’t Work Any More. We Are At The End Of The Worst Century In Which The Greatest Atrocities In The History Of The World Have Occurred... The Nature Of Human Beings Must Change. We Must Cultivate Love And Compassion.

We Cannot Burn Mick Jagger. We Want The Effect, But We Can't Burn Him.