Don't watch the film with 'colored glasses' and it's a very touching love story.

I was nervous last time, likely because I shouldered a cultural mission for reinvigorating the Chinese-language film industry back then.

This was supposed to be my homecoming project. I'm really taking to heart how this film is performing in America.

Film study was considered disgraceful by my father.

I just did a dramatic love story. Whether it's a cultural phenomenon is not for me to say.

I didn't have a specific message. I wasn't trying to push any political issues. We are dealing here with love.