Edward Yang, who had successes with "That Day on the Beach" and "The Terrorizers," but bombed with "Taipei Story," exclaims: "Who can guarantee that any one particular film will be a hit?"
執導的「海灘的一天」、「恐怖份子」很賣座，但「青梅竹馬」卻慘兮兮的楊德昌也說：「誰敢擔保什麼樣的電影會賣錢？