Quotes from Justin Lin

Ang Lee and 'Hulk,' for instance - a movie about a guy with different-colored skin and a lot of repressed rage? Sounds like the perfect film for an Asian, to me!

Working with Zhao Wei and Huang Xiaoming, they're not just Chinese stars, they're movie stars.

I've sat in so many meetings where they talk about converting movies to 3D just for the China market and just to make more money. I saw that people in China work long, long hours and that it's expensive to go to the movies, and you want to rip them off for even more money? I don't think that's right.

My parents were unconventional for Asian parents.

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

The harder we push forward into the unknown the more it intensifies the reflection of humanity. That's what I really love about 'Star Trek.'

For me, when I was growing up, everybody I knew was a 'Star Wars' kid.

As a society, we're not perfect by any means.

Every time you try to do something different, you have to expect obstacles.

You want to have pressure and tell stories that you find a real reason to tell, aside from any business reason. If business is your only reason, that always goes badly.

I've always admired Bruce Lee for his trailblazing efforts opening doors for Asians in entertainment and beyond.

I always found it interesting when you went off to college, people would talk about how you go and search for your own identity. A lot of suburban middle-class kids would be shopping for identities and they would co-opt identities from other cultures.

I grew up in the working class suburbs in the 80s so I do love Hollywood movies but what I don't like is when they take something that's successful and they recycle it.

It's about supporting the many talented artists and filmmakers out there trying to create work from that marginalized point of view. Go out and buy tickets to their movies and plays, support their crowd sourcing campaigns, show the industry that there is a viable audience for this work.

The martial arts genre a lot of times has been relegated to B-level action.