A cikin wata hira, Shannon ta koka cewa Daraktan ya mai da girman kai "Pear da Bugun da ba ya kalubalanci kalubale a Hollywood. A wani taron manema labarai a Moscow, Taranti ya amsa wannan jawabin:
Bruce Lee ya kasance mai girman kai mutum. Ban kirkiri duk tikiti ba don sadarwa. Na ji shi yana faɗi kamar. Wani na iya jayayya: Sun ce, bai taba bayyana cewa Mohammed Ali zai iya doke. Amma a'a, ya yi magana. Har ma ya tabbatar da matarsa Linda lee a cikin ambato.
Shannon Lee ya kasance mai farin ciki da wannan amsar:
Zai iya rufe shi. Zai yi kyau sosai a nasa bangare. Ko kuma zai iya neman afuwa kuma ya ce: "Ban san yadda Bruce Lee ya kasance ba, kuma bai zama dole ba ga fim ɗin don tsabtace abu."
Ta kara da cewa bai kara da mahaifinta kyakkyawan mutum ba, amma na tabbata cewa mukamin sakamako wanda ya dogara ga wuraren da suka yi brease.
Ta kuma zarge darektan a kokarin yin rafi a kujeru biyu lokaci daya:
Ya kamata ya iya nuna Bruce Lee, kamar yadda ya yi farin ciki, kuma ya aikata shi. Amma ya zama da munafunci a ce: "Lafiya, Bruce kamar shi ne kamar yadda yake a cikin rayuwa, amma wannan dabarar almara ce, don haka kada ku damu da shi."
