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Dialogue: Donnie Yen


October 03, 2008 A true martial artist in the vein of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li, Donnie Yen is the star, choreographer and director of action films that reflect the energy of Hong Kong and cultural heritage of China. Raised in a martial arts family, he has studied the arts since he was a toddler. Now starring in the Gordon Chan-directed fantasy epic "Painted Skin," the official Hong Kong entry for the foreign-language Oscar, the perennial action hero talked to The Hollywood Reporter's Karen Chu about goofing off, action or not action, and why Hollywood stardom is not for him.

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