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A lot of people don't realize, when you are acting in a martial arts film, you're not just performing martial arts. You're not just performing martial arts. You're actually acting as much as any other actor.
Donnie Yen
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Donnie Yen
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: July 27
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My mum lives in Boston she's famous for teaching wushu and t'ai chi. So from when I was young, my mum and aunt were like: 'You're training you're not playing baseball or football.' Training every day was normal. Later, when I was almost a teenager, Bruce Lee became my idol.
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Better to be called something positive and inspirational than something negative.
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I like to stay within the context of the character's background. If he's a cop, I have to make sure the audience is convinced that this person, a cop, can do only so much without a gun.
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The main reason I like UFC is not just the martial arts aspect, but it's about one person against the other person. It's about being able to test yourself with the truth.
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Bruce is the man. He was definitely ahead of his time.
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Martial art is a form of expression, an expression from your inner self to your hands and legs.
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My action follows my characters. If a character is a cop, you cannot be posing all the time, you cannot fly off the roof because it doesn't make any sense - it's not practical.
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For me, shooting, editing, and scoring rely on rhythm.
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I've always been in a rebel.
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It's a blessing to be given a variety of roles to what I call an iconic action actor like myself.
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When you watch my films, you're feeling my heart.
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As an action director I always try to bring something fresh and new.
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For me, the challenge of a period film is that, unlike a contemporary film where the character can be very free-form when it comes to the acting, there's a burden to acting in a period film because you have to stay within the character's historical background and the gestures of certain periods.
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I spent a couple of years doing American films. I did a few.
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For me, I like to have explosive moments, whether it is a particular movement itself in the whole sequence. I like to have shocking moments for audiences to feel, like, 'Whoa!' It's always been my forte.
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I'm a very emotional guy.
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When you direct a movie, you're basically looking at a story, the way you want to look at it. You bring that director's vision, and I'm totally open for that.
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I always tell younger filmmakers, it's not just about the acting or the art itself. It's about how big of an audience watches your film.
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