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Other alias are: Stephen Chiau Shing-Chi / Chiau Sing-Chi / Chow Sing-Chi / Stephen Chow Sing-Chi / Xingchi Zhou. (edit) Recently, Chow did a collaborative project with Hong Kong entertainer and JUICE owner Edison Chen, which they designed t-shirts underlying vulgar messages. (edit) When he was young, Chow learned Kung Fu by watching TV because his parents couldn't afford lessons. He still enjoys watching instructional Kung Fu videos to this day. Chow learned Wing Chun as a youth, and is himself a huge fan of Chinese Kung Fu legend Bruce Lee, and his films often contain direct references to him. Chow was, for a time, the president of the Bruce Lee fan club in Hong Kong and had a statue of Lee built. (edit) There is often a cameo by an ugly bearded nose-picking cross-dresser in his films, and the role is almost always portrayed by Kin-yan Lee, a personal friend. This character is almost always called ”@‰Ô (translated loosely as "Miss Flower") in these films. (edit) Chow often collaborated with Lee Lik-chee (—›—ÍŽ) and Vincent Kok (’Júşş), both actors and directors, in the early stage of his career. (edit)

Stephen Chow: The reason to do a remake is always because the idea is good but the quality is not up to standard. With Kung Fu Hustle the quality is already there. And it would be hard to do it in English because it is all about Chinese culture. (edit) Stephen Chow: Right from the beginning of my work, I wanted to capture a mass audience. And I love the unusual: you never see dancing villains. For me, there's a fine line between comedy and drama; so it's not just played for laughs. There's a little romance in this story, too - something for everybody. (edit) Stephen Chow: I'm not good at kung-fu at all. I have been learning, but obviously I am not an expert. (edit) Stephen Chow: I used to cry when I watched Chaplin's films. It was from him that I learned about the role of the underdog. And because I'm also from a poor family, this kind of thing moved me and I found that it also worked for the audience because most of them are like me - ordinary guys. (edit) Stephen Chow: I thought martial arts were my great strength, but when I actually got involved in show-business, I realized I wasn't the only one who could do these things. And compared to a lot of others, I wasn't really that good. So I became a children's TV program host. (edit)