When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
Zhang ZiyiI 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.
Zhang ZiyiThere's nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It's so different, so special to Japan.
Zhang ZiyiIn 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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