Chow Yun-Fat Quotes

• Working in front of the camera keeps me alive.

  Chow Yun-Fat

  Cameras, Alive, Fronts

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Only by letting go can we truly possess what is real.

  Chow Yun-Fat

  Letting Go, Truth, Real

  "Fictional character: Master Li Mu Bai". "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", www.imdb.com. 2000.

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• In the West audiences think I am a stereotyped action star, or that I always play hitmen or killers. But in Hong Kong, I did a lot of comedy, many dramatic films, and most of all, romantic roles, lots of love stories. I was like a romance novel hero.

  Chow Yun-Fat

  Romantic, Stars, Hero

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• That's so different in Hong Kong when I'm using my own mother language, I can treat the line in one thousand different ways, with many different reactions.

  Chow Yun-Fat

  Mother, Lines, Way

  "Working in Front of the Camera Keeps Me Alive'". Interview with Stephen Short, content.time.com. December 27, 1999.

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• I don't like muscles too much. Flexibility and a relaxed look are more important.

  Chow Yun-Fat

  Important, Too Much, Looks

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• As an actor we're just like workers in a factory, we provide our services to directors.

  Chow Yun-Fat

  Actors, Directors, Factories

  "Working in Front of the Camera Keeps Me Alive'". Interview with Stephen Short, content.time.com. December 27, 1999.

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• An actor is only merchandise.

  Chow Yun-Fat

  Acting, Actors, Merchandise

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• I couldn't care less about actors' trailers and food on sets and stuff like that - I just want to act.

  Chow Yun-Fat

  Want, Stuff, Actors

  "Working in Front of the Camera Keeps Me Alive'". Interview with Stephen Short, content.time.com. June, 2003.

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• Some of the substance of English words, I just don't understand at all because the culture's so strange to me

  Chow Yun-Fat

  Substance, English Words, Culture

  "'Working in Front of the Camera Keeps Me Alive'". TIME Asia interview, www.cnn.com. December 27, 1999.

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