I want, through my roles, to express the parts in the hearts of Chinese women that they feel unable to let out. Zhang Ziyi Read Quote
Working in Hollywood, it’s clear the more money you have, the more technology you can get. So you can build a whole Japanese set. Only in Hollywood! Zhang Ziyi Read Quote
Even though I’ve done Hollywood films, I still don’t think of myself as a Hollywood actress. Zhang Ziyi Read Quote
Zhang Yimou is always going to need young, pretty girls for his films. But I don’t really concern myself with what Zhang Yimou’s next starlet looks like. Zhang Ziyi Read Quote
Wanting to be in a Western film won’t get me very far. Unless the opportunity arose, it doesn’t matter how much I want to be in one. But if an opportunity did arise, no actor would pass it up. Zhang Ziyi Read Quote
There are actors who spend 20 years working and still don’t achieve what I’ve achieved so quickly. So I think my only course of action is to work as hard as I can, not just for the sake of the film, but also to prove to these people that I do have talent. Zhang Ziyi Read Quote
Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of. Zhang Ziyi Read Quote
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. Zhang Ziyi Read Quote
