Maggie Cheung Quotes

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Film/TV title: In the Mood for Love
Character name: Su Li-zhen - Mrs. Chan
Quote(s): "Am I hopeless?"

"You notice things if you pay attention."

"It's me. If there's an extra ticket... would you go with me?"

Film/TV title: Days of Being Wild
Character name: Su Li-zhen
Quote(s): "I always thought one minute flies by. But sometimes it really lingers on. Once, a person pointed at his watch and said to me, that because of that minute, he'd always remember me. It was so charming listening to that. But now I look at my watch and tell myself that I have to forget this man starting this very minute."

Film/TV title: Clean
Character name: Emily Wang
Quote(s): "I wish Lee were here. To take me in his arms. To tell me it'll be okay. I'm sick of being alone. I keep screwing up. Why did he leave me all alone?"

Film/TV title: Hero
Character name: Flying Snow
Quote(s): "How swift thy sword."

Film/TV title: Ashes of Time
Character name: The Woman
Quote(s): "Why didn't you let him know I live here?"

Film/TV title: The Heroic Trio
Character name: Chat
Quote(s): "Services? Commander, you make me sound like a hooker. But don't worry, I'm not offended. And this one's a freebie."

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"No matter where I'm going, I feel like I'm leaving something behind. Every time I get on a plane, I cry. The flight attendants on Cathay Pacific must think I'm mad."
"Because I've done so many different roles, I don't want to repeat myself. It's getting harder and harder to find something interesting."
"I think it comes from far away inside me, to be strong to survive everything that comes my way. I think, going back to the beginning, feeling like an alien in an English school when I was eight, that set up my pride very early on. I think I'm very defensive, but I'm trying not to be like that any more."
"Words like 'fabulous,' 'wonderful,' 'great,' 'absolutely gorgeous,' they don't exist in Cantonese. It's good, or it's OK. That's it. It's very blunt, Cantonese. I appreciate that there are no fake words, but it's hard to switch channels, sometimes, after I've spent time in France. I'm just learning to use more generous words myself, but you know, 'gorgeous,' I just can't go to that extreme."
"It was heaven. We were in Los Angeles. And we could go anywhere. No one had any idea who I was."
"I used to be nervous every time I heard the phrase, 'Roll camera,' because I knew that whatever I did, it would last forever; people would be watching these films for a hundred years. But now, I'm quite relaxed. I just completely let go. I know that if I react properly, it will come. I don't need to think. I don't need to plan."

Quotes About Maggie Cheung

Quote: "In Asia, as a result of her Cannes award, she's become some kind of living legend."
Who said/wrote it: Olivier Assayas

Quote: "She is like my alter ego."
Who said/wrote it: Tony Leung

Quote: "As a film star she was radically different from anything I had experienced with French actresses. She had this modern version of glamour and it started me thinking along the lines of, would I make different films if I was working with different actors?"
Who said/wrote it: Olivier Assayas

Quote: "She looks for happiness, and will do whatever makes her happy. I'm very pessimistic. Sometimes, out of the blue, she will want to do all sorts of things. I can't deal with that, I have to plan everything properly first."
Who said/wrote it: Tony Leung

Quote: "I met a lot of the great Hong Kong actresses of that time but none of them had the same thing Maggie had." [on casting her in Irma Vep]
Who said/wrote it: Olivier Assayas

Quote: "Maggie is a truly formidable partner - one to waltz with. We do not spend a lot of time with each other, as we like to keep some mystery between us. Whenever I see her, I discover something new about her."
Who said/wrote it: Tony Leung

Quote: "Irma Vep was very much about the fantasies you build on the surface of film stars. But somehow I always felt I owed it to Maggie to give her a part that would use her deeper, more human side." [on Clean]
Who said/wrote it: Olivier Assayas

Quote: "She is possibly the most famous woman in China."
Who said/wrote it: The New York Times

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