Zhang Ziyi

We're still working out the details, but I'd be delighted to do the film. The problem at the moment is my busy…

— Zhang Ziyi

There are actors who spend 20 years working and still don't achieve what I've achieved so quickly. So I think my only…

— Zhang Ziyi

Actually I ran away from school when I was 13. No one could find me, and the police were called. I was…

— Zhang Ziyi

A movie has its own fate, which often doesn’t depend on the performances of the director and actors.

— Zhang Ziyi

Absolutely not, because in acting I've found a domain that suits me perfectly. And that is so utterly rare.

— Zhang Ziyi

When two people first meet, they can only have a very ordinary kind of friendship. But when you begin to understand each…

— Zhang Ziyi

Obviously I'd love to work with any of these great directors because every time I've worked with them I've gained a tremendous…

— Zhang Ziyi

I don't care if you love me or not. I'll love you anyway.

— Zhang Ziyi

There was one very special scene at the end of the film. My character, Zhao Di, has been sick. She wakes up…

— Zhang Ziyi

The atmosphere at my school was very competitive. Young girls were competing with each other every day for status, for leadership, for…

— Zhang Ziyi

That whole environment was just incompatible with my beliefs and my personality. It was a dark time for me.

— Zhang Ziyi

Men are different. When they are in love they may also have other girlfriends.

— Zhang Ziyi

Zhang Yimou is always going to need young, pretty girls for his films. But I don't really concern myself with what Zhang…

— Zhang Ziyi

From beginning to end I worried that Ang Lee wouldn't be satisfied with my work. So I worked as hard as I…

— Zhang Ziyi

Today's China is not in the least shut out from the rest of the world. Trends come to us from all over…

— Zhang Ziyi

I wanted to escape so badly. But of course I knew I couldn't just give up and leave school. It was only…

— Zhang Ziyi

Yes. Otherwise I could have done a lot of Hollywood movies. After Crouching Tiger I got a lot of offers, but I…

— Zhang Ziyi

Most people spend their whole lives looking for the right job. There are others who never get an opportunity to do work…

— Zhang Ziyi

From my opinion, 'geisha' means a woman skilled in the arts, like dancing, singing and playing musical instruments,.

— Zhang Ziyi

I'm not really interested in politics, because I think it's just too removed from my own life. If there's a war, though,…

— Zhang Ziyi

They're not willing to admit that I've also shed blood and tears and often paid dearly for my success. This makes me…

— Zhang Ziyi

Wanting to be in a Western film won't get me very far. Unless the opportunity arose, it doesn't matter how much I…

— Zhang Ziyi

Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and…

— Zhang Ziyi

People who trust me will not be swayed by what's been said about me, and for people who don't, no amount of…

— Zhang Ziyi

I enjoy being an actress a lot, because I can feel different women's lives. I have the chance to feel like a…

— Zhang Ziyi