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I do not really shop. Most of my clothes I make. I dress simply.
China Machado
Clothes
Dress
Simply
Most
Make
Shop
Really
I cook the food of Macau, my roots and soul food.
China Machado
Food
Soul
Roots
Cook
A documentary film-maker can't help but use poetry to tell the story. I bring truth to my fiction. These things go hand in hand.
Chloe Zhao
Truth
Tell
Poetry
Documentary
Go
Hand
Hand-In-Hand
Fiction
Story
Use
Help
Things
Bring
Coming from a country that's rapidly changing, I love the idea of a place like South Dakota where nothing has really changed.
Chloe Zhao
Love
Country
Nothing
Changed
Changing
Rapidly
Idea
Like
Coming
South
South Dakota
Where
Place
Really
Dakota
What defines a Western? I've probably seen three my whole life.
Chloe Zhao
Life
Three
Seen
Defines
Western
Whole
I grew up in big cities my whole life, and in my late 20s, I just felt like I was looking for something else.
Chloe Zhao
Life
Looking
Big
Else
Late
Cities
Something
Something Else
Like
Felt
Big Cities
Up
Just
Grew
Whole
The Indian cowboy is such a uniquely American contradiction.
Chloe Zhao
Indian
Cowboy
Contradiction
American
Uniquely
It's important to make time for yourself.
Chloe Zhao
Time
Yourself
Important
Make
I was born in Beijing and raised in England and America. I studied political science in college and film in graduate school in New York.
Chloe Zhao
Science
School
Political
College
Born
Studied
New
Political Science
America
York
Graduate
Graduate School
New York
Beijing
England
Film
Raised
I want to make more films in the heartland, the forgotten America.
Chloe Zhao
Films
More
Make
America
Forgotten
Want
I constantly modify myself. There are downfalls to that because you are constantly trying to figure out who you are, but at the same time, I'm blessed with the lack of base paint on the canvas.
Chloe Zhao
Time
Myself
You
Blessed
Out
Constantly
Because
Trying
Same
Lack
Same Time
Canvas
Modify
Figure
Paint
Who
Base
Maybe, as a Chinese woman, I was never told I would be a filmmaker, so I didn't have the ego set up.
Chloe Zhao
Woman
Ego
Would
Would-Be
Never
Up
Maybe
Chinese
Filmmaker
Set
What I love about America is not necessarily the American Dream but the fact that there's so much spirit of fighting to continue to dream once the dreams are broken.
Chloe Zhao
Love
Dreams
Broken
Fighting
Once
Dream
Spirit
About
Fact
Continue
America
American
American Dream
Much
Necessarily
I would love to return to China one day to make films. I've been away for too long, so I'll need to spend some time back home before I can come up with an idea.
Chloe Zhao
Love
Time
Day
Home
Long
Before
Films
Too
Back
Spend
One Day
Would
Some
Idea
Come
Make
Return
Been
Up
China
Away
Need
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
Love
Comedy
Hero
Action
Think
Films
Hong Kong
Dramatic
Like
Most
Kong
Always
Am
Audiences
West
Lot
Lots
Roles
Did
Romance
Love Stories
Romantic
Stories
Many
Novel
Star
Play
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
Me
Strange
Culture
Words
Some
Because
Understand
Just
Substance
English
You must be one of the few people with a copy of that. I don't think they printed too many.
Chow Yun-Fat
You
People
Few
Think
Too
Must
Printed
Few People
Many
Copy
An actor is only merchandise.
Chow Yun-Fat
Only
Merchandise
Actor
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
Love
Job
Our
Must
Directors
Factory
Perfectly
Like
Provide
Just
Workers
Actor
Services
Working in front of the camera keeps me alive. I couldn't care less about actors' trailers and food on sets and stuff like that - I just want to act.
Chow Yun-Fat
Food
Me
Care
Sets
Alive
About
Stuff
Like
Camera
Trailers
Front
Just
Want
Working
Act
Less
Actor
Keeps
The mobile Internet is growing, fueled by increasing smartphone penetration and better networks.
Chua Sock Koong
Better
Internet
Increasing
Penetration
Networks
Mobile
Fueled
Growing
SingTel has made substantial investments in markets with high growth potential in South Asia, such as India and Bangladesh.
Chua Sock Koong
Made
Markets
High
India
Potential
Investments
South
South Asia
Bangladesh
Substantial
Asia
Growth
I'm still a, you know, a silly girl... a big kid.
Coco Lee
You
Girl
Big
Kid
Silly
Know
Still
I was bred and raised in a multi-cultural music background.
Coco Lee
Music
Background
Bred
Raised
They really can't imagine what my voice is like. Every time I sing a song, they are very surprised.
Coco Lee
Time
Song
Every
Every Time
Voice
Like
Sing
Surprised
Very
Really
Imagine
I wanted to bring the R&B flavor and other Westernized sounds to my music, because that's the type of music I grew up listening to.
Coco Lee
Music
Listening
Other
Type
Because
Sounds
Up
Wanted
Grew
Flavor
Bring
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