John Woo Quotes & Sayings

“I like doves. They look so beautiful, like a woman. For me they represent peace and love and purity. And sometimes they're seen as the messengers of God, so they're important to me because I'm a Christian.”

“My films are always concerned with family, friendship, honor, and patriotism.”

“When I was a kid I feel lonely, I have not many friends. If you make a movie, then you can work with different kinds of people and make different kinds of friend. That's very important to me.”

“There is absolutely no Wuxia or martial arts in 'Red Cliff.' I want all the action to look realistic.”

“The movies I like to make are very rich and full of passion. Some people see me as an action director, but action is not the only thing in my movies. I always like to show human nature - something deep inside the heart.”

“When I made 'Hard Boiled,' I had no idea that it would be released to an international audience. I just wanted to make a film to team up my two favorite actors, Tony Leung and Chow Yun-Fat.”

“When I was young, I loved movies so much I wanted to make one.”

“For my own films, I would like to see 'Bullet in the Head' remastered. The original cut was actually almost three hours.”

“'Hard Boiled' is my last film in Hong Kong, before I moved to the U.S. It is the one film which is most accepted by the audience in the West.”

“I also wanted people to know that football actually started in China almost 3000 years ago.”