24 Quotes by John Woo

When I was in high school, I dreamed of being a film-maker, but my family was so poor that they couldn't afford for me to go to college.

When I was a kid I got so much help from the Church. When I was a kid, our family was so poor they couldn't afford me to go to school, so there was an American family that send the money to the church to support my school fees.

When I was a kid I feel lonely, I have not many friends. If you make a movie, then you can work with different kinds of people and make different kinds of friend. That's very important to me.

When I was 11, even though we were poor, my mother was a fan of movies from the west. She used to bring me to the theatre. At that time, a parent could bring a child to the theatre for free. I was fascinated by the musicals, I think they influenced me the most. Also a lot of Fred Astaire... I loved movies and I wanted to be a filmmaker some day.

I have found my heaven in musicals. When I watch a musical, it makes me believe life is still beautiful.

He will be spending the holidays with the troops.

'Hard Boiled' is my last film in Hong Kong, before I moved to the U.S. It is the one film which is most accepted by the audience in the West.

I think I have been stereotyped as an action director in Hollywood, so all I got were the action scripts.

To be honest, I don't have much time to watch any movies.