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'Hard Boiled' is my last film in Hong Kong, before I moved to the U.S. It is the one film which is most accepted by the audience in the West.

It's not easy for Chinese actors to do foreign films, and it's not easy for foreign actors to do Chinese films.

I want to make films that cater to the world audiences.

You can make films in a lot of countries, but they don't have very wide releases.

I haven't done an international film for a long time.

I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.

I've made the film 'The Good, the Bad, the Weird,' which was an Eastern Western film. Obviously, the Western film is American and American only; there's really no Western genre over in Asia.

We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it's very rare to see the Chinese male actor in Hollywood movies, which is something I take great umbrage with. You know, my son is Asian. He may want to direct one day; he may want to be an actor like his father - and I want that to be open to him.

As an Asian actor, I would like once in my life to do just one Hollywood movie. It would be a memorable experience.

I want to challenge myself to see where my limit is and experiment with a lot of different films. A lot of artists from Asia focus too much on their Asian background. I don't want to let go of my background, but to be a success in the U.S., which is my goal, I realize I need to surround myself with American filmmakers and producers.