I did a couple comedies to balance myself as an actor and balance how audiences see Donnie Yen as an actor, and I would even say as a celebrity or icon, to some fans. I want to show that I'm not Terminator.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I don't want to be in Terminator. I don't want to go to Hollywood.
I'm trying to be a working actor. I'm not in pursuit of fame. I'm not trying to be in the kinds of films that make you famous like that.
It's something that I think I'm going to have to fight against for most of my career, for people to take me seriously as an actor as opposed to a good-looking guy. It's not what I want to be known as.
As a professional actor, I don't have much choice about what I've gotten into. I tend to be cast in comedies and I'm fine with that.
As an actor with a star status, I can't restrict myself to one type of films and roles.
I'll write a character with a certain actor in mind, but then once I start casting, I have to forget about who I pictured.
I'm a comedian who got into movies, so I don't really think of myself as an actor.
I'm not that great of an actor, so I can't, like, completely become somebody else.
I don't really know what kind of actor I am.
I was never really a character actor - I was a leading man who was always cast as a character. I wanted to be Jack Nicholson or Jean Gabin.