Responding to President Chen's comment about local films not being "close enough to people's lives," Hou remarked, "We don't make movies just to give people something ordinary, but something that will uplift them."
回應總統所說國片「不夠生活化」的評論，應邀前來的貴賓侯孝賢導演說，「電影生活化不是要迎合觀眾，而是要提昇觀眾。」