Hollywood action hero Chow Yun Fat says he hates the American way life and would never want a green card residence permit as he much prefers living in his native Hong Kong.
Chow, who has spent a lot of time in Hollywood filming movies such as "Anna and the King" and "Bulletproof Monk", told Chinese reporters that the US has never given him a sense of belonging and he would never apply for a permanent residency visa, commonly known as a green card.
"It's not that I can't get (a green card), I've never wanted to apply for one. I can't stand speaking English everyday and certainly can't stand the different lifestyle there, let alone the type of food," he said, according to Chinese-language newspaper The Sun.
"I go to the US for work only and leave immediately when I finish ... for me (in Hong Kong) ... I have friends everywhere, why should I get a green card?" said the 49-year-old veteran actor.
Chow, who made his name as a gun-wielding hero in Hong Kong action filmmaker John Woo's classics "Hard-Boiled" and "A Better Tomorrow", has been commuting between Hong Kong and Hollywood since 1996.
