Chinese - Actress | February 9, 1979 -
I suspect people always thought I had a boyfriend, so nobody came after me.
Zhang Ziyi
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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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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.
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After I learn more English, I'll work hard and make more films.
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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.
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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.
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I wanted to become a kindergarten teacher like my mother.
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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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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.
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Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure.
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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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Absolutely not, because in acting I've found a domain that suits me perfectly. And that is so utterly rare.
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