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Because of the Chinese culture of obedience, you don’t ask questions… You follow and obey.

Bai Ling

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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Able Acting Happens
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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Character Children Crazy
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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Alive Dangerous Reality
Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I’m really fond of.
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Asian Director Two
Acting to me is real life – I don’t act.
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Acting Real Real Life
I’m one of the best actresses. One day I will win an Oscar.
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Day One Oscar Winning
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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Artist Roles Stones
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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Men Talking Teamwork
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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Better Happy Partner Person
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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Adventure Fun Thinking
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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Acting People Struggle
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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Actresses Side Want
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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Expensive Flower Guy Plastic Romantic
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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Blog Chinese Update
You have to be proud of who you are.
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Appreciate Honor Proud
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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Actresses Directors Quality
When you don’t get what you want, it just makes you accept real life.
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Accepting Real Want
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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Day Life Rainy Storm Things
Because of the Chinese culture of obedience, you don’t ask questions… You follow and obey.
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Chinese Culture Obedience
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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Believe Dream Innocence
I hate shopping. I don’t go shopping. If I do, I run in and out.
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Hate Running Shopping
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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Fear Thinking Trying
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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Beautiful Brother Country
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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Beautiful Eye Long
Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors because he takes chances.
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Actors Chance Favorite Take
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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Beauty Crazy Wise
I think I’m like a free spirit.
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Free Like Spirit Thinking

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