What I like about being an actress is that it keeps you feminine. Being a director and producer makes you manly and very masculine and I don’t like that quality in a woman. But I’ll do it when the film is very close to me.
BAI LINGWhat I like about being an actress is that it keeps you feminine. Being a director and producer makes you manly and very masculine and I don’t like that quality in a woman. But I’ll do it when the film is very close to me.
More Bai Ling Quotes
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I hate shopping. I don’t go shopping. If I do, I run in and out.
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I went to South Africa on safari and came eye to eye with a beautiful leopard. We were so close; I was staring at him for a long time and I felt a recognition with my own nature.
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When you’re challenged, you’re totally alive and totally dealing with reality, particularly if it could be dangerous. And that excites me!
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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I’m really fond of.
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When you don’t get what you want, it just makes you accept real life.
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Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person.
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I think I’m known as an adventuress. Even generally in life, I have no fear. It’s not that I’m not afraid of things, but when I am afraid of something, I don’t back away – I approach it and try to understand what makes me afraid.
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I guess I feel like it’s a gift to meet those talented artists like George Lucas and Oliver Stone, Spike Lee and Richard Kelly. Even if it’s a small role, it’s a gift to be working that closely with them.
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I’m not superstitious.
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Boundaries, and countries, if we don’t have that we are all brothers and sisters, we can all have love and joy and compassion for each other: the world would be much more beautiful.
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You never know what’s going to happen. That’s why I like acting. It’s precious to me to be able to live more than one life.
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I’m a romantic, and I like guys to bring flowers and buy some gifts – not expensive things, just romantic things.
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You have to accept the storms and the rainy days and the things in life that you sometimes don’t want to face.
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The definition of love is giving.
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I’m very private in person. I’m very sensitive and shy with men individually. But when I’m talking, maybe there’s this other channel or this other side and other way of working in my mind, and I convert and become carefree.
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Sex is the best high. It’s better than any drug. I want to die making love because it feels so good.
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Well I think always, when you remake films, I always think the first one is most original, authentic.
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I had heard about how people struggle and how hard it is to get into acting. But I did not care because it’s something I love.
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I think I’m open to adventures and surprises. As a performer, I’m really just naturally talented. And those roles may not look as good on paper, but I know how to create them on screen. I like to have fun and interpret my roles in my own way.
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Like, you can find your dream, if you firmly believe. You have to have the innocence, and you have to have the daringness to trust.
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Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing’s dark, dark is beautiful too.
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Because of the Chinese culture of obedience, you don’t ask questions… You follow and obey.
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The partner that you have is supposed to make you a better person, and when you’re happy, you’re a better person.
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And also, I know I have this responsibility or mission to show people, to encourage them to live their dream, too.
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I think sometimes I’m more fond of doing the research for the character because you learn so much. Sometimes shooting is really difficult because you wake up early and you’re always hurrying. And sometimes I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m here and there.
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Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors because he takes chances.
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