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.
BAI LINGWhen you don’t get what you want, it just makes you accept real life.
More Bai Ling Quotes
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Acting to me is real life – I don’t act.
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Because of the Chinese culture of obedience, you don’t ask questions… You follow and obey.
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I was in Asia and people asked me about being considered sex symbol. I don’t know if that’s good or not, because where I come from, sex isn’t something you’re allowed to talk about.
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English is my second language, but in Hong Kong, they don’t know that I’m from China. They think I’m from Hollywood because all the films they see are from here. China and Hong Kong are very different places, but they’re starting to merge. Still the culture is very different.
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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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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.
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I’m a person that doesn’t have that many goals or plans. I feel like I’m the wind and I blow through life; it’s whatever comes to me. I very much respect nature. Whatever happens to me, I’m happy and I embrace it.
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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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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 often feel like I have this spirit living inside of me, always dressing in like short mini skirts… but then I start to discover myself. So there are eight spirits, mischievous ones, sad ones, handsome ones, wise ones, and crazy ones.
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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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I’m one of the best actresses. One day I will win an Oscar.
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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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Well I think always, when you remake films, I always think the first one is most original, authentic.
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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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