Ann Hui Quotes
When I first started making films 30 years ago, people would comment that I was a woman. But strangely, when I was in television, no one ever mentioned that I was a woman. Maybe it was because television and film were different. There were more women working in television than men. There was no split in terms of work - everyone was considered equal.
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Our life ripples out, and it has influence. That's why it's important that we're at our best and that we're influencing others for the good.
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It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.
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I think it's unfair to criticise someone for not being Welsh, but the smaller the nation, the more patriotic you seem to be.
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Women in salsa - women everywhere - we always gotta be defending ourselves.
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I come from really humble people. We never had a lot.
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Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile.
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You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
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Because I was the only child, I was completely indulged. My father thought I was the best looking boy. And even though I was at 100 kgs., he dismissed it as puppy fat. He thought that the sun came out of my head. If I got five out of ten marks, he thought I was half there and had only half way more to go.
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I'm incredibly close to my family. I have two younger brothers; they're both artists and actors, and their work and the way they see the world inspires me.
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Music is where I started. It's kind of the base of everything.
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I'm easy to hate. I get it.
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My entire high school career - my entire school career - I've been like three feet taller than everyone in my grade.
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You know when you find a great dress, you've gotta hold on to it.
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I never said, 'I wouldn't help a cricketer if he approaches me.'
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People aren't just paying more to fill their gas tanks or when they pay for their heating bills for their home; they are paying more at the grocery store, on air travel and for many other daily expenses.
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If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
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America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many. This is not prophecy, but description.
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I like all kinds of music - classical, pop, rock, electronic.
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What I'm really trying to do is recreate classic Hollywood cinema and classic genre cinema from a woman's point of view. Because most cinema is really made for men, how can you create cinema that's for women without having it be relegated to a ghetto of "chick flick" or something like that?
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When I first started making films 30 years ago, people would comment that I was a woman. But strangely, when I was in television, no one ever mentioned that I was a woman. Maybe it was because television and film were different. There were more women working in television than men. There was no split in terms of work - everyone was considered equal.
