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...customer-friendly carrier that gives flyers a real choice. Three entrepreneurs convert a Seattle halfway house into a chic inn that people can actually afford. A computer geek almost accidentally creates an online service that cuts through Web clutter to find lower fares. An aviator builds an inexpensive private jet that can almost fit in your garage--the ultimate escape vehicle. Sure, the rest of us still have to sit on overcrowded runways. But these innovators remind us that travel is not about treading the old paths. It's about finding new ones...
...start shooting until I know exactly how every scene will look," he says. And he's not exaggerating. He delights in the minutiae of his vision. The rhythm. The angles. His taciturn bearing vanishes as he pantomimes the way his camera will trace the edge of Jet Li's sword or follow a tear down Cheung's cheek. When Cheung complains that he makes her cry too often, he counters, "Nothing moves me more than the sight of a woman crying onscreen...
...doing too badly. I still have so much interest in the project. I still have so much affection for it. And I have an action director who's an old friend of more than a decade. That's made it a lot easier. And then there's the cast - Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi - four of the most talented actors in China. It's just a joy to work with them. It takes the pressure off to work with such skilled people...
Martial-arts master Jet Li made his name in Once Upon a Time in China and is now the $10-million-per-movie actor. The star of hits such as Lethal Weapon 4, Shaolin Temple and Romeo Must Die, he spoke to TIME recently on the set of Hero, Asia's most ambitious motion picture. Edited excerpts...
...Jet Li: He's always tried to challenge and change culture through his films. He's always wanted to break the rules. But now, it's different. With this film he's trying to set new rules, to win rules back, to put them in place...