Quotes by Donnie Yen

“A gesture, a smile, or just walking down the street is an expression.”

Better to be called something positive and inspirational than something negative.

Theres a lot of thinking when you choreograph something. Youre not just choreographing some bodies, arms, legs flying around to look cool. Its a lot more complicated and sophisticated. You also have to deal with the connection of the whole film, so when I choreograph, I think of the movement itself, the camera angles, the characters.

My mum lives in Boston; shes famous for teaching wushu and tai chi. So from when I was young, my mum and aunt were like: Youre training; youre not playing baseball or football. Training every day was normal. Later, when I was almost a teenager, Bruce Lee became my idol.