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Donnie Yen

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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. - Donnie Yen
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I got nominated for my second film as best young director in the Aikido Film Festival in Japan. - Donnie Yen
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I spent a couple of years doing American films. I did a few. - Donnie Yen
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For years, I looked to Bruce Lee as a mentor as being a Chinese and Asian man living in this country. - Donnie Yen
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I gained a lot of confidence after 'IP Man' as being a true actor. I went on to tackle what it is an actor is supposed to do before a film. Do a lot of research, get into the character. That's what I did with 'Dragon.' - Donnie Yen
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In Hong Kong, particularly, we craft this art for decades. The action choreographer actually is the action director. He takes over and he choreographs with - by himself or with his team, and place the camera where he feels cinematic effect to bring out that choreography. - Donnie Yen
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A lot of Chinese martial arts films were based on Chinese martial arts novels. And these novels created a world of putting history, calligraphy, and martial arts into one. - Donnie Yen
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An action choreographer is kind of like a dance choreographer. You choreograph the moves and you let the director, cinematographer take into positioning their cameras. - Donnie Yen
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When audiences look at an action actor like myself, sometimes we are very easily stereotyped or characterized as one type. They forget that we are actors, too. - Donnie Yen
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Whether I'm acting or making it, at the end of the day it's telling the story; action, drama. You want the audience to feel it - the story, the action, the scene, or a particular shot. I just keep working on crafting my art, on how to make action movies. - Donnie Yen
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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. - Donnie Yen
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I've always been in a rebel. - Donnie Yen
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Still, as much as I wish Ballistic Kiss could be a better film, the recognition it gained from critics and at festivals speaks for itself. - Donnie Yen
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Many friends of mine told me that normally only guys like a kung fu movie and the girls would be turned off - they want to see a love story. But Ip Man is a family man, so the women see this and go: 'I want my husband to be like this man. He'll be a scholar, he'll be fighting, he'll care for the family.' So we had a bigger audience. - Donnie Yen
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In Hollywood, I'm lucky, I only do big movies like 'Blade.' It's much more comfortable: you have a trailer. - Donnie Yen
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I try to update my arsenal constantly. Learning different martial arts since childhood. To understand what's out there. To really be in tune. - Donnie Yen
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Better to be called something positive and inspirational than something negative. - Donnie Yen
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Martial art is a form of expression, an expression from your inner self to your hands and legs. - Donnie Yen
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