Director

Fast and the Furious' is really a postmodern Western.

I consider everybody on 'Fast' my family, you know we grew up together.

After I made 'Better Luck Tomorrow' and started taking meetings in Hollywood, I quickly learned that Asian Americans weren't even in the conversation as a minority, since there wasn't even a significant enough audience, and especially an audience for Asian American content.

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.

He was never a kung fu guy. Now, he's Mr. Kung Fu. Oh, man. Even Chow Yun-Fat gets typed!

My brothers and I would try to talk our dad into letting us stay up and watch 'Star Trek.' I remember watching it and feeling that a family is not just by blood, a family is a shared experience and that really stuck with me.

The great thing about a big studio movie is that you get to work with the best, the most talented craft people in the world. But you have to be able to communicate, trust, and empower everybody.

You sometimes get the sense that when people make sequels, they get conservative. If something worked, they do it over and over and over again.

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

That's in the mission statement when you're part of 'Trek.' It's our job to try to be bold and push forward. You have to be conscious of that.

Technology has grown so much that there's a whole idea of gluttony. Sometimes you get carried away because you can have a camera go through the window, but do I need a camera go through the window? Those choices are up to the director.

People I work with are part of my family now: I feel like that's the new sense of family around the world.

I always end up in these volatile situations.

I've been fortunate to be able to try everything. But I have to say 'Warrior' has been my pride and joy.

For me, I always loved summer movies. I love indie movies, foreign films, but there's definitely a part of me that loves summer movies, ever since I was a kid.

I love films where even if you don't like the film, it doesn't matter. It's about respecting a point of view.

There was something so pure about 'Better Luck Tomorrow' because money wasn't the currency. It was passion. The fact we were trying to do something even though no one was asking us to. It meant a lot.

Growing up, I felt there was nothing my dad couldn't do, but didn't get the chance to do when we moved. I think he latched on to 'Trek' because of the sense of exploration and discovery, and hope. I think that's what he connected to.

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

Obviously, 'Fast' has been a big part of my life.