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Working in front of the camera keeps me alive.

~Chow Yun-Fat

Topics: Alive Camera Front Keeps Me Working

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You must be one of the few people with a copy of that. I don't think they printed too many.

~Chow Yun-Fat

Topics: Copy Few Few People Many Must People Printed Think Too You

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In the West, audiences think I am a stereotyped action star, or that I always play hitmen or killers. But in Hong Kong, I did a lot of comedy, many dramatic films, and most of all, romantic roles, lots of love stories. I was like a romance novel hero.

~Chow Yun-Fat

Topics: Action Always Am Audiences Comedy Did Dramatic Films Hero Hong Kong Kong Like Lot Lots Love Love Stories Many Most Novel Play Roles Romance Romantic Star Stories Think West I Am

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Some of the substance of English words, I just don't understand at all because the culture's so strange to me.

~Chow Yun-Fat

Topics: Because Culture English Just Me Some Strange Substance Understand Words

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I couldn't care less about actors' trailers and food on sets and stuff like that - I just want to act.

~Chow Yun-Fat

Topics: About Act Actor Care Food Just Less Like Sets Stuff Trailers Want

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That's so different in Hong Kong when I'm using my own mother language, I can treat the line in one thousand different ways, with many different reactions.

~Chow Yun-Fat

Topics: Different Different Ways Hong Kong Kong Language Line Many Mother My Own Own Reactions Thousand Treat Using Ways I Can

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This is still a big barrier for me and it is for a lot of foreign actors.

~Chow Yun-Fat

Topics: Actor Barrier Big Foreign Lot Me Still

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As an actor we're just like workers in a factory, we provide our services to directors.

~Chow Yun-Fat

Topics: Actor Directors Factory Just Like Our Provide Services Workers

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An actor is only merchandise.

~Chow Yun-Fat

Topics: Actor Merchandise Only

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As an actor we're just like workers in a factory, we provide our services to directors. But I must do my job perfectly, and I love what I do.

~Chow Yun-Fat

Topics: Actor Directors Factory Job Just Like Love Must Our Perfectly Provide Services Workers I Love

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Biography

Nationality: Chinese

Type: Actor

Born: May 18th, 1955

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