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.
BAI LINGI 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!’
More Bai Ling Quotes
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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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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 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’m a romantic, and I like guys to bring flowers and buy some gifts – not expensive things, just romantic things.
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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 think I’m like a free spirit.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I’m really fond of.
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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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I hate shopping. I don’t go shopping. If I do, I run in and out.
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