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Donnie Yen Biography

Donnie Yen Chi-tan (甄子丹; born 27 July 1963) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film director, producer, action choreographer, and multiple-time world wushu tournament champion.

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For me, the challenge of a period film is that, unlike a contemporary film where the character can be very free-form when it comes to the acting, there's a burden to acting in a period film because you have to stay within the character's historical background and the gestures of certain periods.

Burden, Challenges, Character, Contemporary, Historical, Periods

From my experience as an actor, choreographer, action director, and producer, I understand the elements and the dynamics of being a film maker.

Action, Actors, Choreographer, Director, Directors, Elements

Bruce is the man. He was definitely ahead of his time.

Ahead, Bruce, Definitely, Men, Motivational, Time

It takes years of building that experience as a filmmaker, as well as physically. You have to have a high level understanding of martial arts.

Art, Filmmaker, Takes, Understanding, Years

I think a lot of people don't realize that martial arts are just an expression like anything else. It's just that most people are not trained to punch or kick, but you can walk or run or dance, which is also part of expression.

Art, Expression, Kick, Martial, Running, Thinking

Action choreographer is like talking. When you talk, you have a rhythm. When you act, you have a rhythm. When you're moving your body, you have a rhythm. So as an actor, as a choreographer, the objective is trying to blend everything in - into - ultimately back into that character.

Act, Character, Moving, Rhythm, Talking

Whether I'm acting or making it, at the end of the day it's telling the story; action, drama. You want the audience to feel it - the story, the action, the scene, or a particular shot. I just keep working on crafting my art, on how to make action movies.

Art, Audience, Day, Drama, Making, The End Of The Day

As an action director, I always try to bring something fresh and new.

Action, Bring, Directors, Fresh, Trying

I think film, to me, as a director, is about telling a story.

Directors, Film, Stories, Story, Think, Thinking

The main reason I like UFC is not just the martial arts aspect, but it's about one person against the other person. It's about being able to test yourself with the truth.

Art, Aspect, Martial, Tests, Truth, Ufc

There's a lot of thinking when you choreograph something. You're not just choreographing some bodies, arms, legs flying around to look cool. It's a lot more complicated and sophisticated. You also have to deal with the connection of the whole film, so when I choreograph, I think of the movement itself, the camera angles, the characters.

Camera, Character, Film, Flying, Think, Thinking

Doing a movie is a stressful thing. You spend months of you life focusing into that one project, and I want to make sure I do something I really like or I'm really passionate about.

Focusing, Make, Months, Passionate, Spend, Want

A lot of Chinese martial arts films were based on Chinese martial arts novels. And these novels created a world of putting history, calligraphy, and martial arts into one.

Art, Arts, Chinese, Novels, World

I think action movies bring more excitement than tears, but I always want to take it to another level. I mean, I think if one appreciates anything in life to a certain degree, it could possibly bring tears to your eyes.

Action, Certain, Eye, Eyes, Mean, Thinking

For me, I like to have explosive moments, whether it is a particular movement itself in the whole sequence. I like to have shocking moments; for audiences to feel, like, 'Whoa!' It's always been my forte.

Feels, Moments, Movement, Sequence, Whoa

Like any other actor, I draw on life experience.

Actors, Draws, Experience, Life, Life Experience, Like

I like to stay within the context of the character's background. If he's a cop, I have to make sure the audience is convinced that this person, a cop, can do only so much without a gun.

Background, Character, Cop, Gun, Make, Person

For years, I looked to Bruce Lee as a mentor as being a Chinese and Asian man living in this country.

Chinese, Country, Man, Men, Mentor, Years

I've always been in a rebel.

Rebel, Uprising

I'm a very emotional guy.

Emotional, Guy

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