Words matter. These are the best Zhang Ziyi Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
For myself I don’t like the geisha look. It’s like a mask.
I suspect people always thought I had a boyfriend, so nobody came after me.
The atmosphere at my school was very competitive. Young girls were competing with each other every day for status, for leadership, for the affection of the teachers. I hated it.
Whatever you see – any good results – are all from the pressure.
My profession has helped me to grow up.
I 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.
My parents sent me to a dance class, so it was a road chosen by them, not me. But I enjoyed it so much I knew I would become a performer.
I always think it’s really hard if you are Asian or Chinese to be really in Hollywood. There are not so many really great characters for you.
I was really interested in geishas’ work, and wanted to meet real geishas.
Obviously I’d love to work with any of these great directors because every time I’ve worked with them I’ve gained a tremendous amount as an actor. Each director has his own way of pushing you towards improving yourself.
I want, through my roles, to express the parts in the hearts of Chinese women that they feel unable to let out.
Most people spend their whole lives looking for the right job. There are others who never get an opportunity to do work that fulfils them.
There’s nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It’s so different, so special to Japan.
Actually I ran away from school when I was 13. No one could find me, and the police were called. I was just hiding in a little thicket of grass at my school, and went to sleep.
It’s not that I wanted to be an actor; it’s that I didn’t want to be a dancer! I was trained in traditional Chinese dance, and after working so hard it seemed unfair to just disappear into a group.
In 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.
I wanted to become a kindergarten teacher like my mother.
Today’s China is not in the least shut out from the rest of the world. Trends come to us from all over the world. And the Internet is really developed in China. We get news from all over the world.
I really want to do something in Europe. With a small movie, it can be an interesting challenge. But I have to get the right project. I don’t think it’s so important to go to Hollywood. All that trash that comes out of there! I don’t want to do that.
Chinese women are much more modest than American women when it comes to clothes. We tend to show less flesh.
They’re not willing to admit that I’ve also shed blood and tears and often paid dearly for my success. This makes me feel extremely sad.
Men are different. When they are in love they may also have other girlfriends.
There was one very special scene at the end of the film. My character, Zhao Di, has been sick. She wakes up and her mother tells her that the man she loves has come back from the city and had spent the day by her bedside.
I’ve discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don’t like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.
When two people first meet, they can only have a very ordinary kind of friendship. But when you begin to understand each other, when you get close to them, you discover that you’re suddenly eager to know him or her even better.