At that time, I was very busy I would work on eight movies at one time. When I act in comedy, I always do everything very fast, but for these films, I really had to slow down. I remember I had to very slowly walk across the room, look in the mirror, kiss my wife, and then wave good-bye. I did it, but I did it too quickly, so I asked what I should do. I was told to do nothing, so, when I did nothing, the director said it was great. Then, I'd go on the set of a comedy I was working on, and the director asked if I was sick because I was acting very slowly.

Eat a Bowl of Tea is a very important movie in my life because it really made me change the way I act. Around that time, I made a movie with Patrick Tam, The Final Victory (1987). I had a nomination for that movie. I can say that I really knew what acting was about after being in these two films. These two movies changed my life. I had my award for best actor in Alan And Eric : Between Hello And Goodbye (1991). I played “Eric” in that movie. Alan Tam and I had the idea for that movie for many years, but we were too busy to make it. We needed to do it before we got too old, because we had to be eighteen years old in the film. Peter Chan directed the movie. I think I won the award that year because I had consistently acted well for some time.