Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I’m really fond of.
BAI LINGBasically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person.
More Bai Ling Quotes
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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 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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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 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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Acting to me is real life – I don’t act.
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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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I’m not superstitious.
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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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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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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 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 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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Because of the Chinese culture of obedience, you don’t ask questions… You follow and obey.
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I think we all have our own mission, duty, fate in life so for me somehow I think I am always walking on the edge of life and take risks.
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