Shu Qi

I'm not really a money-oriented person. The press always write that I am. They don't seem to want to understand that I love the comfort of Japan and love the fact it's more peaceful, less frenzied than Hong Kong.

person i-am understand love

I need to make the characters that I play in movies more accessible to audiences, more real. As an actor, you're always passive; you're not making that many choices, so when something allows you to open up a bit, you want to explore your newfound freedom.

movies you freedom choices

Having no competition is a bad thing. Competition makes you try to improve yourself all the time.

yourself you competition time

I don't like these commercial films I do. I'd far prefer to do more artistic films, more cult films.

far more like cult

I have a lot of Japanese fans, but in Korea they seem to go crazy for me. I don't know what it is, but they seem to like my style.

know me style crazy