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I turned 40, got married, got a kid, and my mother passed away. I experienced life and death, with the enjoyment of creating life and the loss, within one year.

~Daniel Wu

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I was a hyperactive kid, and it took awhile for me to find the right teacher. My master was a Shaolin kung fu teacher, but he also taught tai chi, Chinese medicine, brush painting - he was adept at all facets of Chinese culture.

~Daniel Wu

Topics: Adept Also Awhile Brush Chi Chinese Chinese Culture Culture Facets Find He Kid Kung Kung Fu Master Me Medicine Painting Right Taught Teacher Took

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I think growing up in the States and Australia, we were exposed to a lot of different types of things. I used to go to Gilman to watch punk shows, and it's a complete different environment - you were inspired by so many different things, whereas in Hong Kong, there is nothing for anybody.

~Daniel Wu

Topics: Anybody Australia Complete Different Different Things Different Types Environment Exposed Go Growing Growing Up Hong Kong Inspired Kong Lot Many Nothing Punk Shows So Many Different Things States Things Think Types Up Used Watch Were Whereas You I Think

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I went to Hong Kong in '97 to witness the handover after graduating university, and then I was gonna backpack around Asia and then come back here and look for a job.

~Daniel Wu

Topics: After Around Asia Back Backpack Come Gonna Graduating Here Hong Kong Job Kong Look Then University Witness

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When I was a kid, I loved watching kung fu movies - in San Francisco, we had 'Kung Fu Theater' on TV on Saturdays, and they'd air old Shaw Brothers movies with English dubbing, things like that.

~Daniel Wu

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Because my master was this renaissance man, I wasn't just learning a fighting style, I was learning how kung fu permeates all aspects of life, from eating to healthy living to mental state.

~Daniel Wu

Topics: Aspects Because Eating Fighting Healthy How Just Kung Kung Fu Learning Life Living Man Master Mental Renaissance State Style

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I graduated from university with a degree in architecture and then ended up doing a series of internships with different firms. And once I was in an office environment, I realized that at school what I was doing was 98 percent creative, 2 percent makework, but in the real world, it was the other way around.

~Daniel Wu

Topics: Architecture Around Creative Degree Different Doing Ended Environment Graduated Office Once Other Percent Real Real World Realized School Series The Real World Then University Up Way World

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In my 20s, it was easy. In your 40s, it's a lot more challenging. You have to look at it like you're an actor, but you're also a professional athlete. You have to train.

~Daniel Wu

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To do eleven fights in four months is pretty crazy. In some shows that we do in Asia, there are three or four fights over a six-month period, so you have time to recover and gain your stamina.

~Daniel Wu

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There's a huge interest in the Chinese market, and Hollywood has a huge interest in the Chinese market with films like 'Transformers' making more money over there than here.

~Daniel Wu

Topics: Chinese Films Here Hollywood Huge Interest Like Making Market Money More Over Than Transformers

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Biography

Nationality: Chinese

Type: Actor

Born: September 30th, 1974

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