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Hong Kong actor, Birth: 22-6-1962 Stephen Chow Quotes
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To make a kung fu film is like a dream come true, because I'm a big fan of kung fu movies and I'm learning kung fu for a long time.
Stephen Chow

2.
There's no common taste in this world.
Stephen Chow

3.
If you can keep going and never give up, ultimately you will get something that you really want.
Stephen Chow

4.
I fell in love with Bruce Lee after I watched his movies, and I wanted to become a kung-fu practicer, and I would like to be someone like Bruce Lee. That's why I learned kung-fu, and that's why I picked the wing chun style, because it's his style. That's why I decided to be an actor, to go into show business, because of him.
Stephen Chow

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I don't hate being an actor. But if there's a choice, I prefer to direct.
Stephen Chow

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6.
If first of all you have a wrong idea, then it's kind of wasting time. No matter how hard that you try with a wrong idea, it makes it difficult to be successful.
Stephen Chow

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Sometimes earning awards doesn't matter as much as earning revenue or profit, or having a good response from the audience. No matter how many awards you win, if you can't earn any profit from your movie, if the audience doesn't like it, then it doesn't matter how many awards you get.
Stephen Chow

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I was very poor. As a child my dream was to have a leather football.
Stephen Chow

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9.
I had a dog I raised for many years. He was a Pekingese with big eyes and a flat face, very cute.
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A creation needs not only subjectivity, but also objectivity.
Stephen Chow

11.
Every project for me is a risk that I bet on. I believe my senses, and hopefully it will be successful. But sometimes you make it, and sometimes you fail.
Stephen Chow

12.
I train my muscles, and I do a lot of stretching, and try to kick higher. But for me, practicing kung-fu is a way to relax myself.
Stephen Chow

13.
I like working as a director most.
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14.
When I was an actor in some movies a long time ago, I was so curious about all the camera movements - why is the camera placed here, and why does it move like this? And why the set and the background, the color? It's a lot of questions for me to ask, because I was so interested, not only in acting, but also the whole process of filmmaking.
Stephen Chow

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From a director's point of view, if I can create different characters which impress the audience, that's fantastic for me.
Stephen Chow

16.
Directing, writing, producing and starring is just too tough.
Stephen Chow

17.
I think my English is bad.
Stephen Chow

18.
Kung fu and soccer are the two things that I was most interested in as a child.
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19.
Hong Kong people, they treat me more like a director, like a producer, like a filmmaker. If they recognize me, they treat me as a producer more than a star. And also, I make one movie in three years. I think they already forget who I am, because I've been away too long!
Stephen Chow

20.
One very important element for me to make a movie is, it has to be unique and different from any other.
Stephen Chow

21.
As many peo­ple have pointed out, the scene in ‘Kung Fu Hus­tle’ where the Land­lady was chas­ing after me resem­bled the Road­run­ner, … I loved to watch car­toons and read comic books when I was small. In fact, I still watch and read a lot of them now. They give me great ideas.
Stephen Chow

22.
I did learn Chinese kung-fu in a school for a short time, but I couldn't afford to pay for long-term learning.
Stephen Chow

23.
Why do I use the same actors in different movies? One of the things I really stress in casting is I need to find someone who is suitable for the role in the movie. That's always the main reason.
Stephen Chow

24.
I'm extremely busy and running around requires a lot of energy.
Stephen Chow