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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

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Zhang Ziyi
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: February 9
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Even though I've done Hollywood films, I still don't think of myself as a Hollywood actress.
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Chinese women are much more modest than American women when it comes to clothes. We tend to show less flesh.
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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.
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For myself I don't like the geisha look. It's like a mask.
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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.
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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.
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A movie has its own fate, which often doesn’t depend on the performances of the director and actors.
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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.
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I wanted to become a kindergarten teacher like my mother.
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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.
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That whole environment was just incompatible with my beliefs and my personality. It was a dark time for me.
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Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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