Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself.

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The most mysterious feminine factor, the existence that we men, we don't know. It's woman....

The most mysterious feminine factor, the existence that we men, we don't know. It's woman....

Sometimes films ignore other points of view because it's simpler to tell the story that...

Sometimes films ignore other points of view because it's simpler to tell the story that...

Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more...

Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more...

I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie,...

I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie,...

I took the name Green Destiny from - well there is such a sword called...

I took the name Green Destiny from - well there is such a sword called...

Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically....

Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically....

I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty...

I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty...

I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite...

I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite...

On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have...

On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have...

Usually with this genre the first thing that happens is a good fight sequence to...

Usually with this genre the first thing that happens is a good fight sequence to...

My first instinct was to cast as close to the short story as possible, but...

My first instinct was to cast as close to the short story as possible, but...

When I have a full schedule like that, I don't see myself sitting there for...

When I have a full schedule like that, I don't see myself sitting there for...

I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting...

I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting...

When I sent those scripts, that was the lowest point of my life. We'd just...

When I sent those scripts, that was the lowest point of my life. We'd just...

Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing.

Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing.

When I see something I like, that's all that counts. What they use, how they...

When I see something I like, that's all that counts. What they use, how they...

I am a shy person.

I am a shy person.

When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me.

When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me.

I think people are universal.

I think people are universal.

The way I go about a lovemaking scene is that we will talk about it...

The way I go about a lovemaking scene is that we will talk about it...