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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.

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
Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I’m really fond of.
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Asian Director Two
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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Fate Risk Thinking
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
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
I’m one of the best actresses. One day I will win an Oscar.
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Day One Oscar Winning
Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors because he takes chances.
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Actors Chance Favorite Take
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 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
The definition of love is giving.
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Definitions Giving Love
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
Yeah, well my name is Bai Ling. That means white spirit, and I really feel like sometimes I’m not existing.
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Mean Name White
I also like to follow nature’s rhythm. In times or places, they have their own rhythm. So you cannot push it. So we must accept that as well. Wherever we’re born at this time, we just live it.
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Accepting Born Just Live
Every woman should shave her head once in her life, to experience what it feels like.
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Experience Feel Live Should Woman
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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Character Early Thinking
When you don’t get what you want, it just makes you accept real life.
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Accepting Real 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’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
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
Well I think always, when you remake films, I always think the first one is most original, authentic.
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Film First Thinking
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
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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Beautiful Dark Thinking
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
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
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
Acting to me is real life – I don’t act.
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Acting Real Real Life

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 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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