Q: Looking back 10 years, in "Hard Boiled" [a John Woo movie] you are supposed to be a�black-mailing, killer, evil guy, they shut down and rewrote the whole thing. Did "Hard Boiled" start shooting your stuff�was there a script?

Leung: "Hard Boiled?" Yes, we had a script, a very complete one. And you know [director] John Woo, he's always well-prepared. Yes, we did a lot of preparation.

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Q: In general, in your more commercial Hong Kong movies, do you get to do the kind of preparation that you do�maybe preparation is the wrong word. In developing the character, when you get the script, what's locked down? Is that [when]�you go in there, shoot it, and [don't] have as much of the creative input into the character? As with director Wong Kar-wai, where you get this extra freedom.

Leung: Ah, no, we also have a lot of freedom in doing some other movies, like in the "Mack of Knife." Although we have a real script, we still improvised at the set. Sometimes, we changed something too; or the way of how this character looks or speaks.

Q: You make so many good Hong Kong movies, do you plan to make any American movies or get into Hollywood, like Chow Yun-Fat?

Leung: Actually I never planned to establish my career in the States. And I think it doesn't really matter where you make the movies, no matter it's the States or anywhere in the world. But the most important thing is the team, or the project, or the person who you are going to work with, I think that's the most important.

I do have a lot of offers, but I haven't found an interesting role yet. I think the most important thing is the people, not which country, or where.

Q: Since you have been working in the film industry for over 18 years, do you have any [thoughts] that you will direct a film, instead of acting?

Leung: I plan to produce my movie next year. Because I think that as an actor, everything is far beyond my control. It's time for me to get control of something. If I do have a new idea coming up, or suddenly or one day I see something that I feel very interesting, why not just make it a movie in my own style? And of course, I will be the actor. (Laughter) I will try to work out the script with the script writer, and I'll decide the style of what kind of style I want to put in this movie, and I can arrange everything. So, I think it [will be] more fun.

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