Quotes by Zhang Ziyi - Page 1

My profession has helped me to grow up.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Profession
Grow Up
Helped
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I don't care if you love me or not. I'll love you anyway.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Care
If You Love Me
Love You
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I wanted to become a kindergarten teacher like my mother.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Teacher
Kindergarten
Mother
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For myself I don't like the geisha look. It's like a mask.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Geisha
Looks
Mask
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After I learn more English, I'll work hard and make more films.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Work
Film
Hard Work
Work Hard More
Work Hard
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Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Pressure
Results
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I was really interested in geishas' work, and wanted to meet real geishas.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Geisha
Real
Wanted
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I suspect people always thought I had a boyfriend, so nobody came after me.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Boyfriend
People
Suspects
Always Me People
Me People Nobody
Suspect
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Men are different. When they are in love they may also have other girlfriends.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Love
Men
Different
Girlfriend
May
Also
Girlfriends
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Even though I've done Hollywood films, I still don't think of myself as a Hollywood actress.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Done
Hollywood Films
Thinking
Actress
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A movie has its own fate, which often doesn’t depend on the performances of the director and actors.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Actors
Directors
Fate
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That whole environment was just incompatible with my beliefs and my personality. It was a dark time for me.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Environmental
Dark
Personality
Beliefs
Dark Time
Incompatible
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Absolutely not, because in acting I've found a domain that suits me perfectly. And that is so utterly rare.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Acting
Domain
Found
Suits
Absolutely Not
Rare
Perfectly
Utterly
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Chinese women are much more modest than American women when it comes to clothes. We tend to show less flesh.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Chinese
Clothes
Flesh
Modest
Women Are
American Women
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I want, through my roles, to express the parts in the hearts of Chinese women that they feel unable to let out.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Chinese
Heart
Roles
Express
Hearts
Unable
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There's nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It's so different, so special to Japan.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Chinese
Chinese Culture
Geisha
Japan
Special
Equivalent
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From my opinion, 'geisha' means a woman skilled in the arts. Like dancing, singing and playing musical instruments.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Art
Dance
Dancing
Mean
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I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Complicated
Dressings
Fussy
Simplicity
Above
Discovered
Dressing
Wear
Value
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In China, we don't consider someone truly beautiful until we have known them for a long time, and we know what's underneath the skin.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Time
Beautiful
China
Long
Long Time
Skin
Time Beautiful Long
Consider
Underneath
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They're not willing to admit that I've also shed blood and tears and often paid dearly for my success. This makes me feel extremely sad.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Sad
Success
Blood
Paid
Shed
Tears
Willing
Admit
Dearly
Extremely
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My parents sent me to a dance class, so it was a road chosen by them, not me. But I enjoyed it so much I knew I would become a performer.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Dance
Chosen
Class
Enjoyed
Parent
Performer
Sent
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Most people spend their whole lives looking for the right job. There are others who never get an opportunity to do work that fulfils them.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Jobs
Opportunity
Aerospace
People
Right Job
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People who trust me will not be swayed by what's been said about me, and for people who don't, no amount of good reports will persuade them.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Trust
People
Reports
Said
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I always think it's really hard if you are Asian or Chinese to be really in Hollywood. There are not so many really great characters for you.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Character
Chinese
Thinking
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Working in Hollywood, it's clear the more money you have, the more technology you can get. So you can build a whole Japanese set. Only in Hollywood!
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Technology
Hollywood
More Money
Japanese
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Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Actors
Capable
Chosen
Film
Actor
Lead
Gets
He Or She
Ordinarily
Repertoire
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Zhang Yimou is always going to need young, pretty girls for his films. But I don't really concern myself with what Zhang Yimou's next starlet looks like.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Girl
Concern
Looks
Needs
Pretty Girls
Starlet
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I wanted to escape so badly. But of course I knew I couldn't just give up and leave school. It was only when I heard my mom's voice that I came out of my hiding place.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Mom
Giving Up
Heard
Hiding
Mother
Voice
Badly
Leave
Escape
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I'm not really interested in politics, because I think it's just too removed from my own life. If there's a war, though, or a disaster, I want to know what's happening.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Life
War
Disaster
Thinking
Happening
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From beginning to end I worried that Ang Lee wouldn't be satisfied with my work. So I worked as hard as I could to earn his trust, because you only get a chance like this once.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Trust
Chance
Ends
Satisfied
Worried
Ang
Ang Lee
Beginning
Earn
Lee
Worked
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Actually I ran away from school when I was 13. No one could find me, and the police were called. I was just hiding in a little thicket of grass at my school, and went to sleep.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Grass
Hiding
Police
Ran
School
Sleep
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The atmosphere at my school was very competitive. Young girls were competing with each other every day for status, for leadership, for the affection of the teachers. I hated it.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Girl
Leadership
Teacher
Affection
Atmosphere
Competing
Hated
School
Teachers
Competitive
Status
Young Girls
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I knew nothing about martial arts. And I don't really like it! But in the film, I not only had to pretend that I knew all about it, I had to be the best at it. That was very difficult.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Art
Being The Best
Film
Martial Arts
Arts
Pretend
Martial
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Wanting to be in a Western film won't get me very far. Unless the opportunity arose, it doesn't matter how much I want to be in one. But if an opportunity did arise, no actor would pass it up.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Opportunity
Actors
Arise
Film
Want
Western
Actor
How Much
Pass
Unless
Wanting
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It's not that I wanted to be an actor; it's that I didn't want to be a dancer! I was trained in traditional Chinese dance, and after working so hard it seemed unfair to just disappear into a group.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Dance
Chinese
Dancer
Disappear
Groups
Traditional
Unfair
Group
Seemed
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Today's China is not in the least shut out from the rest of the world. Trends come to us from all over the world. And the Internet is really developed in China. We get news from all over the world.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
China
News
Trends
World
Today World Internet
Developed
Shut
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There are films you see that only reach your eyes. Then there are films that you can watch... that reach down to your throat, or reach your heart. "In the Mood for Love," though, reached all the way to my belly.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Eye
Heart
Watches
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There are films you see that only reach your eyes. Then there are films that you can watch... that reach down to your throat, or reach your heart. 'In the Mood for Love,' though, reached all the way to my belly.
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Belly
Mood
Throat
Love Eyes Heart
Reach
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We're still working out the details, but I'd be delighted to do the film. The problem at the moment is my busy schedule. Shooting on this film has been extended by a month, but I need to be in the U.S. by Dec. 20.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Busy
Delighted
Details
Shooting
Month
Extended
Schedule
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Obviously I'd love to work with any of these great directors because every time I've worked with them I've gained a tremendous amount as an actor. Each director has his own way of pushing you towards improving yourself.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Love
Actors
Amount
Directors
Improving
Pushing
Love Time Work
Director
Tremendous
Every Time
Love Work Time
Gained
Towards
Obviously
Tremendous Amount
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There was one very special scene at the end of the film. My character, Zhao Di, has been sick. She wakes up and her mother tells her that the man she loves has come back from the city and had spent the day by her bedside.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Men
Character
Mother
Scene
Sick
Bedside
Loves
Wakes
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When two people first meet, they can only have a very ordinary kind of friendship. But when you begin to understand each other, when you get close to them, you discover that you're suddenly eager to know him or her even better.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Friendship
Lost Friendship
Ordinary
People
Two
Better People Know
Begin
Understand
Close
Discover
Eager
Meet
Suddenly
Two People
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I enjoy being an actress a lot, because I can feel different women's lives. I have the chance to feel like a geisha one day, and on another day maybe a scientist. That's the interesting part for me. My profession has helped me to grow up.
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Growing Up
Grows
Profession
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China's cinema has been rising for some time; it has more exposure, so my chances of becoming internationally known are better. But the first thing I have to do is learn English. If I can grasp the language, then perhaps I can think about the U.S.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Time
Becoming
China
Cinema
Exposure
Rising
Thinking
English
Chances
First Thing
Grasp
Internationally
Perhaps
The First Thing
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Etc
Moved
Next
Scene
Thinking
Watches
Thinking Me Doing
Gotten
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I really want to do something in Europe. With a small movie, it can be an interesting challenge. But I have to get the right project. I don't think it's so important to go to Hollywood. All that trash that comes out of there! I don't want to do that.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Europe
Hollywood
Interesting
Thinking
Trash
Challenge
Project
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There are actors who spend 20 years working and still don't achieve what I've achieved so quickly. So I think my only course of action is to work as hard as I can, not just for the sake of the film, but also to prove to these people that I do have talent.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Achieve
Action
People
Prove
Sake
Talent
Thinking
Years
Work Talent People
Quickly
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Yes. Otherwise I could have done a lot of Hollywood movies. After Crouching Tiger I got a lot of offers, but I turned them down because they were all victim roles - poor girls sold to America to be a wife or whatever. I know I have the ability to go deeper, to take on more original roles than that.
Zhang Ziyi / Film Actress
Girl
Movie
America
Deeper
Hollywood Movies
Offers
Wife
Otherwise
Sold
Tiger
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