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title: "1 Stereotyped Action Quotes By Chow Yun-Fat"
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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chow-yun-fat/in-the-west-audiences-think-i-am-a-stereotyped-action-star-or-that-i/)

[Chow Yun-Fat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chow-yun-fat/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff9/chow-yun-fat-36038_action_in-the-west-audiences-think-i-am-a-stere_476502.jpg)

## More by Chow Yun-Fat

> [In the West audiences think I am a stereotyped action star, or that I always play hitmen or killers. But in Hong Kong, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chow-yun-fat/in-the-west-audiences-think-i-am-a-stereotyped-action-star-or-that-i/)

[Chow Yun-Fat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chow-yun-fat/)

> [I don't like muscles too much. Flexibility and a relaxed look are more important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chow-yun-fat/i-don-t-like-muscles-too-much-flexibility-and-a-relaxed-look-are-more/)

[Chow Yun-Fat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chow-yun-fat/)

> [An actor is only merchandise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chow-yun-fat/an-actor-is-only-merchandise/)

[Chow Yun-Fat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chow-yun-fat/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chow-yun-fat/working-in-front-of-the-camera-keeps-me-alive-i-couldn-t-care-less/)

[Chow Yun-Fat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chow-yun-fat/)

> [I couldn't care less about actors' trailers and food on sets and stuff like that - I just want to act](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chow-yun-fat/i-couldn-t-care-less-about-actors-trailers-and-food-on-sets-and-stuff/)

[Chow Yun-Fat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chow-yun-fat/)

> [Some of the substance of English words, I just don't understand at all because the culture's so strange to me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chow-yun-fat/some-of-the-substance-of-english-words-i-just-don-t-understand-at-all/)

[Chow Yun-Fat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chow-yun-fat/)

> [As an actor we're just like workers in a factory, we provide our services to directors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chow-yun-fat/as-an-actor-we-re-just-like-workers-in-a-factory-we-provide-our/)

[Chow Yun-Fat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chow-yun-fat/)

> [Only by letting go can we truly possess what is real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chow-yun-fat/only-by-letting-go-can-we-truly-possess-what-is-real/)

[Chow Yun-Fat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chow-yun-fat/)

> [This is still a big barrier for me and it is for a lot of foreign actors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chow-yun-fat/this-is-still-a-big-barrier-for-me-and-it-is-for-a-lot-of-foreign/)

[Chow Yun-Fat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chow-yun-fat/)

> [You must be one of the few people with a copy of that. I don't think they printed too many.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chow-yun-fat/you-must-be-one-of-the-few-people-with-a-copy-of-that-i-don-t-think/)

[Chow Yun-Fat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chow-yun-fat/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chow-yun-fat/that-s-so-different-in-hong-kong-when-i-m-using-my-own-mother/)

[Chow Yun-Fat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chow-yun-fat/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chow-yun-fat/as-an-actor-we-re-just-like-workers-in-a-factory-we-provide-our-2/)

[Chow Yun-Fat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chow-yun-fat/)

> [Working in front of the camera keeps me alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chow-yun-fat/working-in-front-of-the-camera-keeps-me-alive/)

[Chow Yun-Fat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chow-yun-fat/)

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