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.
BAI LINGBoundaries, 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.
More Bai Ling Quotes
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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I’m really fond of.
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Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors because he takes chances.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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I hate shopping. I don’t go shopping. If I do, I run in and out.
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I have a blog in Chinese, which you can follow, Chinese signs. But I don’t even update at all, often I don’t.
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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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Acting to me is real life – I don’t act.
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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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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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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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