Daniel Wu Quotes

I don't compare myself with Freida Pinto. She has come a long way. She does only films in the West. I am open to do both - Indian films and films from the West.

I want to take a more international direction with my career.

One irreducible residual of 38 years in the business is the number of lasting, loving friendships I have made.

A good career is a long-lasting career. When you're there in every competition doing a good job you're a part of an elite, and that's the most important thing.

For me, the most interesting thing is longevity and sustaining a career, because that's what's truly difficult.

Hopefully, I'll just get to be part of good films and work with good people, and that's how it will develop.

You want a career. You don't want to do a couple of good films and then your career is over.

It's not about an opening weekend. It's about a career, building a set of films you're proud of. Period.

I really enjoyed working with Guy Ritchie. One, it gave me a career, and two, they're probably a couple of the best films I've ever done.

My whole mission is to have a long, interesting career, not a short spiky one.

I want longevity in this career.

I think that's one of the reasons why I've been able to have a great career for 20 years - because I'm able to adapt.

It's hard work if you want a proper and a lasting career.

As you build your career, you know where you want to go. I'm definitely moving towards films. That's definitely a goal. I'm definitely going to put it out there.

I have always been an advocate of players and coaches going abroad if that's the right opportunity.

When you get lucky, as I did getting to work on a series of amazing films, one of the drawbacks career-wise is that the image of you at 10 or 12 or whatever is burned into people's minds for a long time.

I've always thought one of the tricks of being an actor for a long time is keeping yourself interested once you've figured out how to pay the rent.

For any actor - not just talking about myself - but if you've been fortunate enough to work for a long period of time, there's going to be different choices you're going to make.

I have been in the business for 62 years. It's a match made in heaven.

I would love to just keep working with really great directors who really inspire me.

I've worked in the film business for 45 years, and I want to keep on growing as a filmmaker. I want to see my visual life grow and be increasingly effective in this world.

I started with Tamil film, then Hindi. Now, I am also doing a Telugu film. The journey has been wonderful so far.

I went to Yugoslavia to make a movie. People saw me there and asked me to do a movie in Germany. And that led to a movie in Italy. Before I knew it, I was in Europe for most of the next 10 years.

The working environment in L.A. is really refreshing, really good. Because in Malaysia, it's a small country - you end up working with the same people that you like and that you know.

I want a long and healthy career.