Bai Ling
Bai Ling
Bai Ling is a Chinese-American actress known for her work in films such as The Crow, Red Corner, Crank: High Voltage, Three... Extremes, Wild Wild West, Anna and the King and Southland Tales, as well as TV shows including Entourage and Lost...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth10 October 1966
CityChengdu, China
CountryChina
gift love return smiles somehow whatever work
But somehow I feel like still it's a gift, and I wonder, how can I give this gift to others? Just work hard, and do whatever I can do, to be that, and to return the love to the fans. I like to give them joy and smiles to them. Give back to them.
animal bit kept previous wild worked
I worked with a wild leopard, who bit me. But I kept on working with him, because I have a wild side. I think I was an animal in a previous life.
close devoted directors distance joke joking keeps lee spike
Spike Lee always keeps a distance with actors. He's not always joking around; a lot of directors joke around to get close to the actor. He has a different style. You never know what he's thinking, and you're kind of nervous. When you're nervous, you're more devoted because you want to be good.
color dealt issues sisters
We're all sisters and brothers. So like color and those issues now, if we dealt with it much, much less, the world would be much more beautiful.
bit odd somehow square watching
Somehow I feel a little bit odd in Tiananmen Square because I was a soldier, in a uniform, watching those leaders and tanks, and I was part of them.
mean names white
Yeah, well my name is Bai Ling. That means white spirit, and I really feel like sometimes I'm not existing.
chinese updates blogs
I have a blog in Chinese, which you can follow, Chinese signs. But I don't even update at all, often I don't.
running hate shopping
I hate shopping. I don't go shopping. If I do, I run in and out.
chinese culture obedience
Because of the Chinese culture of obedience, you don't ask questions... You follow and obey.
sides actresses want
Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person.
dream responsibility people
And also, I know I have this responsibility or mission to show people, to encourage them to live their dream, too.
real real-life acting
Acting to me is real life - I don't act.
real want accepting
When you don't get what you want, it just makes you accept real life.
artist stones small-roles
I guess I feel like it's a gift to meet those talented artists like George Lucas and Oliver Stone, Spike Lee and Richard Kelly. Even if it's a small role, it's a gift to be working that closely with them.