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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

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Zhang Ziyi
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: February 9
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