While speaking at Chiao Tung University, Yang said that when he was in Cannes, a foreign reporter had commented that all of this year's Chinese language entries at Cannes were over two and a half hours long. The reporter asked, "What's the story with Asian people? Don't you need to use the bathroom when go to the movies?"
在交大演講時他說，他到坎城參展時，國外記者問他，今年參展的華語電影都超過兩個半小時，「東方人怎麼搞的，看電影都不用上廁所！」