Ziyi Zhang Quotes
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There was a time when no difficult subjects were ever aired in the 'Lady', and sadly, life isn't like that.
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Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.
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I think there's something very dark in the South African psyche. I think we live a lot of the time in a state of a very low-grade civil war; the levels of violence in South Africa are extremely high. In a way, the civil war that never happened is being played out in a covert way, so we live with a lot of very ugly things.
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I didn't think much about batting average when I was playing.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford the time to take the chance to write what you wish.
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If leaders in the space program had at its beginning in the 1940s, pointed out the benefits to people on earth rather than emphasizing the search for proof of evolution in space, the program would have saved $100 billion in tax money and achieved greater results.
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I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
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Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border.
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I will always think of myself as that girl that is 22 starting and really excited about everything and wanting to be amazing at everything. I always wanted to be the best stylist. That was it.
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I think everyone remembers how certain Russian bureaucrats used to work against the Ukrainian opposition; I think it is hard to drop old habits.
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I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.
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A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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Someone asked me what are the secrets to my success, and I said 'There are three: Timing, timing, timing.'
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It is not easy to imagine how little interested a scientist usually is in the work of any other, with the possible exception of the teacher who backs him or the student who honors him.
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By now, people should know who I am. I have established myself as Rich the Kid, so people respect me.
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'Truth Will Set U Free' is about honesty. My philosophic belief that ultimately being true to yourself is liberating, with every individual's inalienable right to be who they are without fear or recrimination.
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Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure.
