The two don’t necessarily translate, especially if you’re a prize fighter: you’ve fought all your life, you’ve fought all these fights, and now you’re trying to do a movie. You see that happen a lot – a lot of professional fighters don’t necessarily make it so well into the movie world. Daniel Wu Read Quote
For most normal people, deadlifts stretch your hamstrings, but in my case, it tightened them, because I was already very flexible. Daniel Wu Read Quote
I came from doing Wushu and other martial arts, and then I got into movies, and I had to learn that as well – the language of martial arts movie fighting. It’s a different thing; it’s a different kind of logic. Daniel Wu Read Quote
You’ve gotta understand camera angles, camera movement – a kick that may not be very powerful may look very powerful from a certain angle. Daniel Wu Read Quote
I miss the Bay Area – the kind of laid-back lifestyle. Because in Hong Kong, you’re going, like, 90 miles an hour, which is fun when you’re young. Daniel Wu Read Quote
I really dislike the fact that Asian males are constantly emasculated, whether it’s American TV or films. You see it all the time, and it’s so weird that they don’t see sexuality in Asian men. Daniel Wu Read Quote
After working on ‘Europa,’ I found it incredibly freeing to speak English in a film, so it kind of sparked an interest in me as an artist to improve my acting. Daniel Wu Read Quote
What we did with ‘Tai Chi Zero’ and ‘Tai Chi Hero’ was break down the martial-arts genre and make it younger, hipper, and kind of cooler for the younger kids. Daniel Wu Read Quote
Because my master was this renaissance man, I wasn’t just learning a fighting style, I was learning how kung fu permeates all aspects of life, from eating to healthy living to mental state. Daniel Wu Read Quote
I was a hyperactive kid, and it took awhile for me to find the right teacher. My master was a Shaolin kung fu teacher, but he also taught tai chi, Chinese medicine, brush painting – he was adept at all facets of Chinese culture. Daniel Wu Read Quote
