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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When I worked at Microsoft, I got to go and visit a bunch of different companies. Probably a hundred different companies a year. You'd see all the different ways they'd work. The guys who did Ventura Publisher one day, and then United Airlines the next. You'd see the 12 guys in Texas doing Doom, and then you'd go see Aetna life insurance.
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I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own account and with whom it might therefore be possible to be friends.
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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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The IT bubble is the IT bubble, and of course, we became a company that contracted dramatically in 2001 and 2002: we basically came down by 45,000 people - a dramatic ramp-down.
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Women in salsa - women everywhere - we always gotta be defending ourselves.
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Most of my songs start out as being very aggressive and guitar-driven.
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I believe that leaders should inspire you to be more like them.
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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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In England I am not English, in India I am not Indian. I am chained to the 1,000 square miles that is Trinidad; but I will evade that fate yet.
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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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Everything I want to do in my life, I want to be at the top.
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Music is where I started. It's kind of the base of everything.
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Sometimes we make films just for our people, and it doesn't reach to anyone.
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I've always written about adultery because it raises the question of transgression and trouble.
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Even the simplest choice can make a jaw-dropping difference in our world.
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Before I go off and direct a movie, I always look at four films. They tend to be The Seven Samurai, Lawrence Of Arabia, It's A Wonderful Life and The Searchers.
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You can get an awful lot of effects into the customer's mind for a great deal less time and money in radio than you can in television.
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I get more tired by travelling than anything.
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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.
