Chen admits that he can't stand the movies of the previous generation of Taiwanese directors, complaining that they always make today's teens too dark and pessimistic. "It's as if they want young people to self-destruct!"
他坦言自己其實很受不了上一代的台灣導演，每次在處理當代年輕人的題材時，總是把「青春」這件事拍的十分灰暗悲觀，「好像恨不得年輕人自我毀滅一樣！」