Category - Wong Kar-wai

Discover the thoughtful Quotes of Wong Kar-wai, a philosopher and author. Our collection of his most impactful quotes reflects his deep understanding of language, philosophy, and history. Motivational Quotes of Wong Kar-wai
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Trust Wong Kar-wai

In our case, we have no script. So the only people we can work with are people who have been working with us in the past, and they know we are going to do something; it’s kind of a trust.

– Wong Kar-wai

Space Wong Kar-wai

Sometimes, we have to turn our camera to a mirror to shoot something, and people think, ‘Oh, that’s very stylish.’ Yes it is, but at the same time, we did it because we are shooting in a very small space, and that was our only option.

– Wong Kar-wai

Romantic Wong Kar-wai

To me, romantic means, um, you follow your heart more than your mind. Sometimes when you’re shooting a film, you have to follow your heart.

– Wong Kar-wai

Morning Wong Kar-wai

The laboratory where we stored all our negatives went bankrupt overnight following the Asian economic crisis in 1997. So, on short notice, we had to retrieve all the materials in the middle of the night before the debtor-receiver took over the laboratory the next morning.

– Wong Kar-wai

Mom Movies Wong Kar-wai

I came to Hong Kong when I was five, but we didn’t have any relatives in Hong Kong. My mom is a big movie fan, and she watched all kinds of movies, so when I was a kid, basically, we went to watch a movie every day.

– Wong Kar-wai

Great Wong Kar-wai

What’s so great about inspiration is sometimes it finds you when you’re not looking.

– Wong Kar-wai

Government Wong Kar-wai

The Chinese government promised Hong Kong ’50 years, and change.’ And 50 years later, after 1997, will be 2046; I think, ‘Well, that’s a very interesting promise.’ So I want to make a film about promise.

– Wong Kar-wai

Family Wong Kar-wai

My mother has a very big family in Shanghai, so I have, like, almost 40 cousins, so we stayed together all the time. So by the time I get to Hong Kong, I become the only child and the only one surrounded by adults, you know.

– Wong Kar-wai

Cool Wong Kar-wai

For ‘Chungking Express,’ the way we shot the film was all handheld and with all this existing light, and that became very popular. Everybody thought it was cool.

– Wong Kar-wai

Chance Wong Kar-wai

I don’t want to be a grumpy old man or too pessimistic, because if I have a chance, I would prefer to watch a film in the cinema with an audience on a big screen instead of watching it on a cell phone. It’s a very different experience, but somehow I think this form will have its own future and life.

– Wong Kar-wai

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