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Top 15 Wong Kar-wai Quotes (2025 Update)

Wong Kar-wai Quote: “Love is all a matter of timing. It’s no good meeting the right person too soon or too late.”

1. “Love is all a matter of timing. It’s no good meeting the right person too soon or too late.”

— Wong Kar-wai

Wong Kar-wai Quote: “We’re all unlucky in love sometimes. When I am, I go jogging. The body loses water when you jog, so you have none left for tears.”

2. “We’re all unlucky in love sometimes. When I am, I go jogging. The body loses water when you jog, so you have none left for tears.”

— Wong Kar-wai

Wong Kar-wai Quote: “We love what we can’t have, and we can’t have what we love.”

3. “We love what we can’t have, and we can’t have what we love.”

— Wong Kar-wai

Wong Kar-wai Quote: “I’m not coming from film school, I learned cinema in the cinema watching films.”

4. “I’m not coming from film school, I learned cinema in the cinema watching films.”

— Wong Kar-wai

Wong Kar-wai Quote: “What makes international cinema so interesting is that each territory has its own sensibility. When you look at an Indian or French film, there’s a certain flavor. And even though the language is different, if the film is successful, it has something very common and understandable.”

5. “What makes international cinema so interesting is that each territory has its own sensibility. When you look at an Indian or French film, there’s a certain flavor. And even though the language is different, if the film is successful, it has something very common and understandable.”

— Wong Kar-wai

Wong Kar-wai Quote: “In a way, this is what the difference is between Hong Kong and Chinese cinema – Chinese cinema was made for their own communities. It was for propaganda. But Hong Kong made films to entertain, and they know how to communicate with international audiences.”

6. “In a way, this is what the difference is between Hong Kong and Chinese cinema – Chinese cinema was made for their own communities. It was for propaganda. But Hong Kong made films to entertain, and they know how to communicate with international audiences.”

— Wong Kar-wai

Wong Kar-wai Quote: “I always think to shoot action scenes is not really about the stunts. It’s more about an expression and about imagination.”

7. “I always think to shoot action scenes is not really about the stunts. It’s more about an expression and about imagination.”

— Wong Kar-wai

Wong Kar-wai Quote: “I think one day I can make a book about coffee shops in Hong Kong. I spent almost most of my time in coffee shops, in different coffee shops.”

8. “I think one day I can make a book about coffee shops in Hong Kong. I spent almost most of my time in coffee shops, in different coffee shops.”

— Wong Kar-wai

Wong Kar-wai Quote: “Some actors like encouragement. Some actors prefer to have pressure. And sometimes, for some actors, its better to give your comment by silence, because they are so skillful, so gifted, that they understand without talking too much.”

9. “Some actors like encouragement. Some actors prefer to have pressure. And sometimes, for some actors, its better to give your comment by silence, because they are so skillful, so gifted, that they understand without talking too much.”

— Wong Kar-wai

Wong Kar-wai Quote: “I’m not afraid to delay the schedule to make sure that this is the film that I want, that this is the best that I can do at that point.”

10. “I’m not afraid to delay the schedule to make sure that this is the film that I want, that this is the best that I can do at that point.”

— Wong Kar-wai

Wong Kar-wai Quote: “I never had a problem with genre because a genre actually is like a uniform – you put yourself into a certain uniform.”

11. “I never had a problem with genre because a genre actually is like a uniform – you put yourself into a certain uniform.”

— Wong Kar-wai

Wong Kar-wai Quote: “I think the martial arts tradition has a big influence on our generation – we all read these novels when we were very young.”

12. “I think the martial arts tradition has a big influence on our generation – we all read these novels when we were very young.”

— Wong Kar-wai

Wong Kar-wai Quote: “I’m not coming from film school. I learned cinema in the cinema watching films, so you always have a curiosity. I say, ‘Well, what if I make a film in this genre? What if I make this film like this’”

13. “I’m not coming from film school. I learned cinema in the cinema watching films, so you always have a curiosity. I say, ‘Well, what if I make a film in this genre? What if I make this film like this’”

— Wong Kar-wai

Wong Kar-wai Quote: “What makes cinema so attractive, so fascinating is that it’s not just a one plus one process. It’s a chemistry between sounds, words, ideas and image.”

14. “What makes cinema so attractive, so fascinating is that it’s not just a one plus one process. It’s a chemistry between sounds, words, ideas and image.”

— Wong Kar-wai

Wong Kar-wai Quote: “Most of my films deal with people who are stuck in certain routines and habits that don’t make them happy. They want to change, but they need something to push them. I think it’s mostly love that causes them to break their routines and move on.”

15. “Most of my films deal with people who are stuck in certain routines and habits that don’t make them happy. They want to change, but they need something to push them. I think it’s mostly love that causes them to break their routines and move on.”

— Wong Kar-wai

Wong Kar-wai Quote: “There are certain types of genres that are impossible in China. Ghost stories, something too graphic, too violent, and of course if it’s too political. Other than that, it will be fine.”

16. “There are certain types of genres that are impossible in China. Ghost stories, something too graphic, too violent, and of course if it’s too political. Other than that, it will be fine.”

— Wong Kar-wai

Wong Kar-wai Quote: “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.”

17. “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

Wong Kar-wai Quote: “I wanted to know what exactly martial arts is. When you look at martial arts films, the later ones became more and more exaggerated. It’s like, wow, is martial arts only a show?”

18. “I wanted to know what exactly martial arts is. When you look at martial arts films, the later ones became more and more exaggerated. It’s like, wow, is martial arts only a show?”

— Wong Kar-wai

Wong Kar-wai Quote: “Im a big fan of martial arts films, novels and radio programs.”

19. “Im a big fan of martial arts films, novels and radio programs.”

— Wong Kar-wai

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