100 Quotes by Justin Lin

Sometimes, I think it's important to be a filmmaker first and be able to talk about whatever you want to after that.

Film is similar to a basketball game. When that buzzer sounds, win or lose, the only thing you can control is how much effort you put into it.

Like, action to me is no fun if it's not built around character.

Without 'Annapolis,' I wouldn't have gotten 'Tokyo Drift' - I wouldn't be here today. And, so, it's part of who I am.

I left 'Fast and Furious' because I just felt like, at a certain point, after number six, there wasn't another story that I wanted to tell.

When I go on set, it's very important, the lenses I choose, what I choose to frame or not frame and that's how I make my movies.

When I did my first student film, it was a ten minute film and it cost $U.S.4,000. I worked three jobs to pay for that and I haven't really slept since.

My Taiwanese parents came to America with no money and supported my brothers and me as small business owners in Orange County, which is close to L.A. but about as far away from Hollywood as you can be.

They never complained, that's what I love about my parents and it's something that inspired me.