Words matter. These are the best Ng Chin Han Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
When ‘Ghost in the Shell’ was first made, it was so prescient. It was sci-fi.
‘Dark Knight’ shot in London and Chicago, and we were on that for so long.
As an actor, when you want to capture the spirit of the character, and the character exists in all of the iterations slightly differently, you work towards getting a sense of what the creators wanted to do, you know? Then, you work off of that.
I feel as much pressure as anyone does about their work, really. You just want to be productive; only difference is that the work is seen and judged by a few more people.
Every culture is different in terms of what is taboo and what is acceptable. I grew up in Singapore, where people are very mindful of that. One can see that as restriction or as consideration for a fellow person living within a shared environment.
The first play I did was a funny one called ‘The School for Wives’, by Moliere. We were wearing the ugliest wigs and the worst costumes you can ever imagine to try to recreate 17th-century France in Singapore. But I got my first real pay cheque from that. I was very happy taking that cheque to the bank.
Roland Emmerich is a very interesting individual. He is more erudite and well-read than most of the people I know.
It’s always fun to see faces that are either familiar or resemble yours. I was fascinated by movies like ‘Big Trouble in Little China’ growing up because there were so many Asian people in it! The same with ‘Year of the Dragon’ or ‘The Last Emperor’. It was just so great to see so many Asian actors working.
I grew up with comics. Whether it be from the East or the West, I devoured them.
CAA has a great history of representing fantastic talent, many of whom are my heroes in film and television.
Shakespeare has been adapted by Akira Kurosawa. ‘Dangerous Liaisons’ has been adapted into a Chinese movie. ‘Blood Simple’, the Coen brothers movie, was adapted by Zhang Yimou.
After I did television, I just felt I didn’t have any more to give to the medium. And so I went back to the theatre and started directing and producing, and found I enjoyed it as much, if not more, than acting.
We live in a time where there’s a great deal of navel-gazing with the devices that we have that occupy so much of our time… many subjects of history are lost.
During my university years, I was doing a lot of theatre acting. I would be skipping school for rehearsal. We were rehearsing at night – we finished at midnight, and I had to go to school at 8 A.M. It was very tiring.
You’ll be able to find many unemployed actors, you know? I’ve been gifted a wonderful career, and to now be able to find myself in a place where someone can look at the course I’ve charted and say, ‘I can do that,’ or ‘I can do even better!’ is a privileged position to be in.