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"An actor is only merchandise."

Chow Yun Fat, Chinese Actor

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"As an actor we're just like workers in a factory, we provide our services to directors."

"That's so different in Hong Kong when I'm using my own mother language, I can treat the line in one thousand different ways, with many different reactions."

"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."

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"An actor is only merchandise."

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