"Leslie Cheung and Tony Leung have a very strong chemical reaction together, that's why I made the movie". WONG KAR WAI (Ciak)
"Little by little, when they feel at their ease, I let them improvise, especially in the bed scenes! Actually, Tony and Leslie have known each other very well for a long time, and it's pleasant to see them extemporizing that way in front of the camera." WONG KAR WAI (Positif)
"It's a beautiful and sensual scene. Tony and Leslie really look great in bed." CHRISTOPHER DOYLE (CHRISTOPHER DOYLE, Don't Try For Me, Argentina)
"I never meant to make a gay movie (...) but a love story. Gays are not the theme, the theme is the love affair between two persons. And by chance those persons are men." WONG KAR WAI (Panoramiche - Panoramiques)
"The character played by Leslie to me is an airplane and the one played by Tony is an airport. Sometimes the airplane lands, then it takes off." WONG KAR WAI (Studio)
"I really have a liking for Ho Po Wing (Leslie Cheung) because, after all, he is the loser. Contrary to Lai Yiu Fai, Po Wing is neither able to suffer nor willing to quit. Somehow or other, a sort of animal instinct keeps him alive." WONG KAR WAI (JEAN-MARC LALANNE et al., Wong Kar Wai)
"It was hard for Tony. His role was difficult to play, much more introvert. My character was more like a butterfly, an explosive butterfly". LESLIE CHEUNG (Libération)
"Simple, touching, exciting, and played by two perfect and very famous actors: Cyclo's Tony Leung, Farewell My Concubine's Leslie Cheung." (L'Espresso)
"Their moments of togetherness are exquisite to watch". (STEFAN HAMMOND, Hollywood East)
"It's really hard to choose between Leung's resigned quietness and Cheung's defeated passionateness." (Il Mucchio)
"Happy Together's Yiu Fai (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) is happiest when Po Wing (Leslie Cheung) is asleep." (STEFAN HAMMOND, Hollywood East)
"A movie that shocks for its formidable aesthetics, for its puissant direction and for the actors' performance." (Studio)
"Happy Together is beautiful like a gap, scalding like a lapse of memory, dangerous like an endless abyss." (Les Inrockuptibles)
"Ciak", "Panoramiche-Panoramiques", "L'Espresso" and "Il Mucchio" translated from Italian. "Positif", "Studio", Wong Kar Wai by JEAN-MARC LALANNE et al., "Libération" and "Les Inrockuptibles" translated from French. All translations by Leslietango.