Chow Yun-Fat Quotes

As an actor, I love working with directors. As much as I love working with other actors.

I love an acting challenge, and I love getting to sit down with my script and do all my drama work.

I just love the process of working with other actors.

I have only one rule in acting - trust the director and give him heart and soul.

I'm an actor and my job is to interpret.

I love working with actors. That's what the set really is, for me. It's my time with the actors.

Sometimes, as an actor - and I've witnessed this with other actors that I've worked with - you don't realize that it's not all about the actor.

I'm not a trained actor. I surrender to my directors, and they make me act.

I'm an actor, and I love the art of creating a character.

It's sort of the most important thing for acting, is to listen to the person you're dealing with.

Throughout your whole career, there's a bunch of people you might have to kiss. Say there's this character opposite you, and you might not be into her - or him, personally. You just gotta' do it. That's your job.

I like playing off strong actors, whether it's Benedict Cumberbatch or Dominic Cooper. Also I'm a hopeless romantic, so I'm fascinated by relationships.

It's your job as an actor to fill out the blanks. I love doing that. To fill in the bones.

There's nothing like working with the best actors possible, and if you have a piece of material like, 'Long Way Down' or 'Love Punch,' which allows you to play, then it's just a joy to go to work.

I love working with great actors.

It is hard sometimes to see how other actors are working when you are working with them.

I always try to stick to the script because I want to respect the writers, and I want to respect the director. But if the director and my fellow actors are okay with me playing with it a little bit, then I definitely want to play with it.

The more and more I work with really great actors, the more it's about opening yourself up to what they bring.

I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making some kind of social statement. That's not what actors do.

Working with actors is something I've never done before. I find it tremendous. It's hard work.

All actors do that. Should do that and do that. For the most part. I say all actors. I'm exaggerating, but you know who does and who doesn't. Vince is a wonderful young actor who knows his work and did a beautiful job on this film.

It's rare that I come across actors who are willing to work as hard on the material as I am.

An actor's job is about putting across the author's intention; I don't think of myself on the same level as a creator.

As an actor, it's amazing to get to create different characters.

Nick Lea is a great actor, and doing scenes with him was always awesome.