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 LINGI hate shopping. I don’t go shopping. If I do, I run in and out.
More Bai Ling Quotes
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I think I’m like a free spirit.
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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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I’m one of the best actresses. One day I will win an Oscar.
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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 have to be proud of who you are.
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Every woman should shave her head once in her life, to experience what it feels like.
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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 indulged the wild child inside of me – the one that’s not aware of danger or fear – for the purity of existence for that character in that film. Of course, behind me they’re saying, ‘She’s crazy!’
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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 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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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I’m really fond of.
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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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Well I think always, when you remake films, I always think the first one is most original, authentic.
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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 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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