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When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
John Kennedy
Keywords: and :: characters :: chinese :: composed :: crisis :: danger :: in :: is :: of :: one :: opportunity :: other :: represents :: the :: two :: when :: word :: writtenSubject: History QuotesSource: brainyquote.com -
When I was living on the street I would be standing out in front of Grauman`s Chinese Theater, leaning against my car and signing autographs and nobody had any idea that I was living in it. No one had any idea that I was going to pull my car around the co...
Danny Bonaduce
Keywords: against :: and :: any :: around :: autographs :: be :: car :: chinese :: corn :: front :: going :: grauman :: had :: idea :: in :: it :: leaning :: living :: my :: no :: nobody :: of :: on :: one :: out :: pull :: signing :: standing :: street :: that :: the :: theater :: to :: was :: when :: wouldSource: imdb.com
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The Chinese censorship system has been in practice for many years. I don`t think there will be much change in society in the short run. This situation has been present for a long time and it is a reality in China. I work and live in this system. There has...
Yimou Zhang
Keywords: and :: be :: been :: censorship :: change :: china :: chinese :: don :: for :: has :: in :: is :: it :: live :: long :: many :: much :: not :: practice :: present :: reality :: run :: short :: situation :: society :: system :: the :: there :: think :: this :: time :: will :: work :: yearsSource: imdb.com
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Because of the influence of Chinese martial arts films, Hollywood movies are changing. The actions in the films are more beautiful, more rhythmic, and use some enhanced special effects. I think it`s a great thing.
Yimou Zhang
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I see no reason why Chinese and English people should not kiss on the screen, even though I prefer not to.
Anna Wong
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Chinese women are much more modest than American women when it comes to clothes. We tend to show less flesh.
Zhang Ziyi
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The Cultural Revolution was a very special period of Chinese history, unique in the world. It was part of my youth. It happened between when I was 16 and when I was 26. During those 10 years, I witnessed so many terrible and tragic things. For many years,...
Yimou Zhang
Keywords: 10 :: 16 :: 26 :: and :: between :: chinese :: cultural :: during :: for :: happened :: have :: history :: in :: it :: many :: my :: of :: part :: period :: revolution :: so :: special :: terrible :: the :: things :: those :: tragic :: unique :: very :: was :: when :: witnessed :: world :: years :: youthSource: imdb.com
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When I was growing up, I always had the feeling I was dropped from somewhere else. That`s how I was treated at school in Iceland where the kids used to call me china girl" and everybody thought I was unusual because I looked Chinese."
Bjork Guomundsdottir
Keywords: always :: and :: at :: because :: call :: china :: chinese :: dropped :: else :: everybody :: feeling :: from :: girl :: growing :: had :: how :: iceland :: in :: kids :: looked :: me :: school :: somewhere :: that :: the :: thought :: to :: treated :: unusual :: up :: used :: was :: when :: whereSource: imdb.com
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For Western women, it`s much easier to be yourself. If you want to do something, you just go and do it. In an Asian context, women are still much more modest and conservative. I want, through my roles, to express the parts in the hearts of Chinese women t...
Zhang Ziyi
Keywords: an :: and :: are :: asian :: be :: chinese :: conservative :: context :: do :: easier :: express :: for :: go :: hearts :: if :: in :: it :: just :: modest :: more :: much :: my :: of :: parts :: roles :: something :: still :: that :: the :: they :: through :: to :: want :: western :: women :: you :: yourselfSource: imdb.com
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[on Bruce Lee] Bruce Lee had bad eyesight and one leg that was shorter than the other. But he had a mental image of what he wanted, and he became the quintessential martial artist and the first Chinese superstar in American films.
Chuck Norris
Keywords: american :: and :: artist :: bad :: became :: bruce :: but :: chinese :: eyesight :: films :: first :: had :: he :: image :: in :: lee :: leg :: martial :: mental :: of :: on :: one :: other :: quintessential :: shorter :: superstar :: than :: that :: the :: wanted :: was :: whatSource: imdb.com
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I used to go to Grauman`s Chinese or Pantages and sit there waiting to see my faceless body on the screen. Texas began to look awfully near and awfully good, and "Clara Lou" had a sweet sound to my ears.
Ann Sheridan
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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 always think you are lucky to get offered [something like] `Memoirs of a Geisha`, but I don`t think it will hap...
Zhang Ziyi
Keywords: all :: always :: are :: asian :: be :: but :: characters :: chinese :: don :: for :: geisha :: get :: great :: happen :: hard :: hollywood :: if :: in :: it :: like :: lucky :: many :: memoirs :: not :: of :: offered :: or :: really :: so :: something :: there :: think :: to :: will :: youSource: imdb.com
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(On her other favorite cuisines) Definitely Japanese. I love how clean and refined the dishes are. They`re simple in their ingredients but the flavors and presentation are typically amazing. Second would be Chinese.
Giada De Laurentiis
Keywords: amazing :: and :: are :: be :: but :: chinese :: clean :: cuisines :: definitely :: dishes :: favorite :: flavors :: her :: how :: in :: ingredients :: japanese :: love :: on :: other :: presentation :: re :: refined :: second :: simple :: the :: their :: they :: typically :: wouldSource: imdb.com
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We`re yet to make inroads into the West and the way Chinese cinema is made. I mean, long before Ang Lee`s `Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon`, Bruce Lee had made an impact on the Western audience with his `Enter The Dragon`. Indian cinema is yet to make that ...
Irfan Khan
Keywords: an :: and :: ang :: audience :: before :: bruce :: chinese :: cinema :: crouching :: dragon :: enter :: had :: hidden :: his :: impact :: indian :: inroads :: into :: is :: kind :: lee :: long :: made :: make :: mean :: of :: on :: re :: that :: the :: tiger :: to :: way :: we :: west :: western :: with :: yetSource: imdb.com
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Actually, when I was a kid I was really more aware of the star and the handprints in Grauman`s Chinese more than I was aware of anything else, including the Oscar. I wanted to have a star. I wanted to be able to see, you know, old gum on my star.
Richard Dreyfuss
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[On why his film Chinese Coffee (2000) has yet to be released] `Coffee` is done, I got a couple of little important things to do about it, like little tiny things, and THEN I will unveil it. It`s not a movie that you put in a . . . it needs a certain envi...
Al Pacino
Keywords: 2000 :: about :: and :: be :: certain :: chinese :: coffee :: couple :: do :: done :: environment :: film :: flour :: got :: has :: his :: important :: in :: is :: it :: like :: little :: movie :: needs :: not :: of :: on :: put :: released :: that :: then :: things :: tiny :: to :: unveil :: why :: will :: yet :: youSource: imdb.com
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Hero [2002] was the first time I had ever worked on a mainland Chinese production. It was great to work with such a good cast that included Maggie, Jet Li, Chen Daoming, and Zhang Ziyi. I was particularly excited to work with Yimou, a director whose work ...
Tony Wai
Keywords: 2002 :: and :: cast :: chen :: chinese :: daoming :: director :: ever :: excited :: first :: good :: great :: had :: have :: hero :: included :: it :: jet :: li :: maggie :: mainland :: on :: particularly :: production :: such :: that :: the :: time :: to :: was :: whose :: with :: work :: worked :: yimou :: zhang :: ziyiSource: imdb.com
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Making a martial arts film in English to me is the same as John Wayne speaking Chinese in a western.
Ang Lee
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In Asia, we constantly play Koreans, Malay, Chinese. We do not question that, as you do not question an Englishman playing an American or a German.
Michelle Yeoh
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People are annoyed with the Chinese for not respecting more human rights. But with a population that size it`s very difficult to have the same attitude to human rights.
Peter Ustinov
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The reason to do a remake is always because the idea is good but the quality is not up to standard. With Kung Fu Hustle the quality is already there. And it would be hard to do it in English because it is all about Chinese culture.
Stephen Chow
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[on acting in Austrailia] I was studying with this lady and I`d go to see these producers and I`d read for them or whatever and they`d all be like, `You`re great... but we don`t have anything for you.` I`d always be like the takeaway kid from the Chinese ...
Leonardo Nam
Keywords: acting :: all :: always :: and :: anything :: austrailia :: be :: but :: chinese :: don :: food :: for :: from :: go :: great :: have :: in :: kid :: lady :: like :: on :: or :: producers :: re :: read :: see :: stor :: studying :: takeaway :: the :: them :: these :: they :: this :: to :: was :: we :: whatever :: with :: youSource: imdb.com
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I did write the song specifically at the request of the producer of the Madonna movie and it was the love song for the naughty couple. So I re-cut that song Someplace Else" and the other song called "Breath Away from Heaven" which is slightly Chinese soun...
George Harrison
Keywords: and :: at :: away :: breath :: called :: chinese :: couple :: cut :: did :: else :: for :: from :: heaven :: is :: it :: love :: madonna :: movie :: naughty :: of :: other :: producer :: re :: request :: slightly :: so :: someplace :: song :: sounding :: specifically :: that :: the :: was :: which :: writeSource: imdb.com
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Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope.
Jet Li
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Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope.
Jet Li
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Wushu is a move in Chinese, a physical move. An attack. Wushu is like an art.
Jet Li
Source: brainyquote.com
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Wow! They`re sure going to have to do a lot of editing before those Chinese government censors see it.
Mark Moses
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Within my own life, I read all the beloved novels by lamps of vegetable oil; I saw the Standard Oil invading my own village, I saw gas lamps in the Chinese shops in Shanghai; and I saw their elimination by electric lights.
Alexei Makarkin
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When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
Iris Chang
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When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
Iris Chang
