I'm not Ang Lee who knows so much about western market and the taste of western audiences.

- Zhang Yimou

To survive is to win.

- Zhang Yimou

Time has changed and now is the age of spending.

- Zhang Yimou

This is my first wuxia movie and I must consider this before trying to make something with my own.

- Zhang Yimou

The so-called commercialism includes elements like story, plots, rhythms and large big scenes.

- Zhang Yimou

People in misery is what most important in art.

- Zhang Yimou

I am a fan of wuxia.

- Zhang Yimou

But I think we need the international market.

- Zhang Yimou

Ang Lee was educated in the West and his English is good.

- Zhang Yimou

You must know what you are capable of.

- Zhang Yimou

Wuxia is a fantasy world exists in everyone's mind.

- Zhang Yimou

Under the big political umbrella, a man is just like a leaf in the ocean, with no control of his destiny and does not have any choice.

- Zhang Yimou

I hope before I am getting too old and when my mind is still functioning, I can tell some better stories.

- Zhang Yimou

Now a movie with 30 million returns would be something very incredible and the producer can only get 10 to 15 million. This is only 100 thousands US dollars. This is not enough!

- Zhang Yimou

To do art, one thing should always remember - subjects of people in misery have deep meanings.

- Zhang Yimou

I must stick with Chinese language films.

- Zhang Yimou

For over ten years I always had, but I don't speak English.

- Zhang Yimou

Only people have been through that miserable time will recall the pass from their deep memory.

- Zhang Yimou

HERO is a combination of my personal feeling and the commercialism.

- Zhang Yimou

People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life.

- Zhang Yimou