Brandon Quotes and Others

" Was I destined to play this role?
I don't know if I was destined to play this role,but I feel very fortunate to be doing so".

**Brandon Lee**

"The character comes back from the dead ,and,at first he doesn't know where he is,how he got there...How does that tie in with the physicality?I just didn't think he should be too healthy-looking,so I lost some weight for the role".

**Brandon Lee**

"I don't want to be remembered as the son of Bruce Lee".

**Brandon Lee**

"Because we do not know when we will die,we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well,and yet everything happens only a certain number of times....How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood..that is so deeply a part of your being,you can't even conceive of your life without it?
Perhaps four or five times more ?Perhaps not even that.
How many more times will you watch the full moon rise?Perhaps twenty.And yet it all seems limitless".

**Brandon Lee**

"It's a great part.My girlfriend keeps telling me that Eric is the symbol of a man who can come back and get justice for people who never got it.That sounds a little heavy to me ,but in a way I guess it's true.
Eric and Shelly were engaged ,and at a crucial moment it was taken away.There are wonderful people everywhere who have awful things happen to them ,who are never given a chance to do anything about it".

**Brandon Lee**

"A large part of my life revolves around my dad.
Sometimes,I even feel a strong sense of connection,something very tangible when I learn something new in the martial arts.
I feel a sense of excitement ,like,"Oh yeah,gee,he must have felt like that".

**Brandon Lee**

"The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering".

**Brandon Lee**

"For me,the martial arts is a search for something inside.It's not just a physical discipline.
Because,if it was just a physical discipline,you may as well take up weightlifting,or playing soccer,or baseball,or anything else.
Why is it the martial arts have generated this tremendous interest and excitement that these other things haven't?Because these other things are just surface.
When you see someone who is greatest at what they do,it goes beyond a physical perfection.They don't just go out there and pump their muscles and win.
There's got to be an inner spiritual -whatever it is for them-aspect to what they're doing.That's what the martial arts is to me.I'm trying to develop that.The physical stuff comes along with it ,and is an expression of it.
And each move should be an expression of the serenity that's inside.
Because if the move is just a move ,then it's just waving your arms about and shouting.And anybody can do that.

**Brandon Lee**

"I've done my work and I'm happy with it...I respect my father very much,but I'm
a very different person than he was".

**Brandon Lee**

"Immortality is to live your life doing good things,and leaving your mark behind".

**Brandon Lee**

"Before we went to Wilmington,Brandon was so pleased.I remember him saying,"You know,whatever happens with this project,nothing is as important to me as the fact that I am playing Eric Draven.This is my finest character".

**Jeff Most**

"I didn't want to go back and finish it.There was a part of me that said,"Yeah,right,this is for Brandon".No,it's because you've got so much money put into this thing,and you need to make some money out of it...
But then,I got a call from Lance Anderson-who did Lee's make up-and he felt we should do it for Brandon,because Brandon had worked very hard".

**Ernie Hudson** (Officer Albrecht)

"While doing Brandon's makeup I had to keep low-key,because if I started talking,it would set Brandon off on a story,and we would be in for an extra half hour of makeup.
He loved Game Boy-he was addicted to it.I'd be painting these delicate lines on his face,and he'd hit a point on the game,and it would be time for a clean up job".

**Lance Anderson**

"He had a boyish enthusiasm,but he was very focused...He would always go the extra mile.
We could be at the end of a long day,with a lot of rain machines going,and everyone would be happy with the shot.He could have gone home and chilled out,but Brandon would cock his head and call out to Alex,"What if we did it this way?"

**Robert Zuckerman**-The Crow's still photographer

"The truly amazing thing about the film is how very poignant it was-what Brandon did with the role,especially because he is in makeup.
We are always aware of Eric's pain and his motivation".

**Sofia Shinas**(Shelly Webster)

"He was one of the nicest people.The only thing I didn't like about him was he didn't like dogs.He hated them because he said they always bit him.
Me and my mom told him we were going to get him a dog for his wedding,and he said he'd wok it".

**Rochelle Davis**(Sarah)

"The night prior to the accident I asked him what he was working on next.
He said,"Getting married".

**Sofia Shinas**(Shelly Webster)

"I think Brandon would have been very,very proud of the movie.
He is so good in this.All of the qualities he had as a person come through".

**Ernie Hudson**(Officer Albrecht)

"When he filmed the sequence coming out of the grave,it was 5 degrees.
They had to put alcohol in the rain machines to keep the liquid from freezing,and all Brandon had on were his pants.
But he did the scene over and over until he got it exactly as he wanted it.
He was a hell of a trouper".

**James O'Barr**-The Comic's creator

"There was a contained,focused power to Brandon.
If he hugged you,you knew you were hugged.If he smiled at you,you knew you'd been smiled at".

**Jan McCormack**-Brandon's manager

"He's great to work with.
He's really easy to work with;very lovable,very sweet".

**Rochelle Davis**(Sarah)

"Brandon was sort of a gentle soul,but when I was acting with him,
I could really feel the tremendous amount of power he threw across a room".

**Jon Polito**(Gideon)

"Bruce and Brandon were very close.
They played together,practiced kung fu together,travelled together,and
read books together.Brandon was eight years old when Bruce died.
To explain to this child that the hero of his life could no longer come home, was incomprehensible to him".

**Linda Lee**

"For a long time after that film,I really sensed Brandon's presence around me.
I could feel like his bare-chested,wet body-sometimes I'd feel him riding in
the car next to me or walking or sitting in a room with me.
It was kind of a weird thing..."

**Robert Zuckerman** -Unit Photographer

Showdown in Little Tokyo

"COP.Policeman,you understand?It's bad to shoot me". - Johnny Murata

"This may sound strange for a cop:Let's get the fuck out of here". - Johnny Murata

"We've got a problem here.There are more bad guys than we've got bullets". - Johnny Murata

The Crow

"Victims;aren't we all?" - Eric Draven

"And I say I am dead...and I move". - Eric Draven

"They're all dead.They just don't know it yet". - Eric Draven

"Little things use to mean so much to Shelley..I thought they were kind of trivial.
Believe me,nothing is trivial". - Eric Draven

"I have something to give you.I don't want it anymore.Thirty hours of pain all at once,
all for you". - Eric Draven

"Mother is the name for God on the lips and hearts of all children.Do you understand?
Morphine is bad for you". - Eric Draven