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Unfortunately, I think I drifted so much growing up that I don't have a strong sense of identity. I don't feel at home anywhere, and because of that, I think I'm more of a chameleon.
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I'm constantly not on the right side of history. I sympathize with the soldiers in the enemy's camp. For example in WWII, we know the Nazis and the Japanese were wrong. But I sympathize with the individual story of a soldier who was drafted into that.
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I constantly modify myself. There are downfalls to that because you are constantly trying to figure out who you are, but at the same time, I'm blessed with the lack of base paint on the canvas.
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Maybe, as a Chinese woman, I was never told I would be a filmmaker, so I didn't have the ego set up.
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Some of the most hard-working, generous people I've met in my whole life didn't really want to vote for him but did. My calling is to step onto the other side and humanise and portray the struggles of many Trump voters.
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I was a pretty free-spirited kid. I was part of a notorious group of troublemakers who didn't do well in school but had a great time exploring Beijing from the inside out.
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I often feel like an outsider wherever I go, so I'm always attracted to stories about identity and the meaning of home.
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I'm heavily influenced by European and American cinema, but the further I get in my career, the more I find myself looking back East for inspiration.
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I would love to return to China one day to make films. I've been away for too long, so I'll need to spend some time back home before I can come up with an idea.
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The films Sony Pictures Classics has distributed throughout the years have been of great inspiration to me. I'm very excited to find such a great home for 'The Rider.'
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