Chloe Zhao quotes

I would love to return to China one day to make films. I've been away for too long, so I'll need to spend some time back home before I can come up with an idea.

I was born in Beijing and raised in England and America. I studied political science in college and film in graduate school in New York.

Unfortunately, I think I drifted so much growing up that I don't have a strong sense of identity. I don't feel at home anywhere, and because of that, I think I'm more of a chameleon.

I often feel like an outsider wherever I go, so I'm always attracted to stories about identity and the meaning of home.

The films Sony Pictures Classics has distributed throughout the years have been of great inspiration to me. I'm very excited to find such a great home for 'The Rider.'

What I love about America is not necessarily the American Dream but the fact that there's so much spirit of fighting to continue to dream once the dreams are broken.

A documentary film-maker can't help but use poetry to tell the story. I bring truth to my fiction. These things go hand in hand.

I was born and raised in China, Mandarin is my first language, and I definitely know America. I think that will be my strength, to try and bring the two worlds together.