Maggie Cheung

Birthday: 20 September 1964, Hong Kong

Height: 168 cm

Maggie Cheung was born on September 20, 1964, in Hong Kong, and moved at the age of eight with her family to England. After finishing secondary school, she returned to Hong Kong, where she began model ...Show More

I think I started to have thoughts to really want to be serious about my work when I was about twent Show more I think I started to have thoughts to really want to be serious about my work when I was about twenty five and I just kind of started to look into that direction and moved into it. But it didn't seem as though it was going anywhere because, you know, films without action or comedy are rare to find in Hong Kong, especially if the main character is a woman. But along the way, I've had a few good breaks. Hide

Words like 'fabulous,' 'wonderful,' 'great,' 'absolutely gorgeous,' they don't exist in Cantonese. I Show more Words like 'fabulous,' 'wonderful,' 'great,' 'absolutely gorgeous,' they don't exist in Cantonese. It's good, or it's O.K. That's it. It's very blunt, Cantonese. I appreciate that there are no fake words, but it's hard to switch channels, sometimes, after I've spent time in France. I'm just learning to use more generous words myself, but you know, 'gorgeous,' I just can't go to that extreme. Hide

Because I've done so many different roles, I don't want to repeat myself. It's getting harder and ha Show more Because I've done so many different roles, I don't want to repeat myself. It's getting harder and harder to find something interesting. Hide

These two men, how they like their women to be is so different. The way Wong [Karwai]sees beauty, or Show more These two men, how they like their women to be is so different. The way Wong [Karwai]sees beauty, or women related to beauty, it has to be that sensual, perfect thing, whereas Olivier [Assayas] is more interested in something more internal and modern. But I feel happy to be able to fit into their desires of what they want to see on the screen. That's what interests me in my work, to transform according to different directors. Hide

...you experience a lot more pain than normal people, your mom dies, your dad dies, your boyfriend c Show more ...you experience a lot more pain than normal people, your mom dies, your dad dies, your boyfriend chucks you, you live in the street, and you're really going through these emotions. You're trying to know what it feels like to watch a man die in front of you, as if you've really lived it. Once that division is gone, it gets blurry, you look back at a shoot and think, was I really that sad because in the film my boyfriend didn't like me -- or was it something else, something real? [on being an actress] Hide

I think it comes from far away inside me, to be strong to survive everything that comes my way. I th Show more I think it comes from far away inside me, to be strong to survive everything that comes my way. I think, going back to the beginning, feeling like an alien in an English school when I was eight, that set up my pride very early on. I think I'm very defensive, but I'm trying not to be like that any more. Hide

If I was drinking something [in my house], they said, 'Oh, she got dumped, she's so miserable she's Show more If I was drinking something [in my house], they said, 'Oh, she got dumped, she's so miserable she's turning to drink'. Or if my mother and sister came over, they said, 'She's so miserable she needs her family to support her through this hard time.'" [on her experience with the Hong Kong paparazzi] Hide

It was heaven. We were in Los Angeles. And we could go anywhere. No one had any idea who I was. It was heaven. We were in Los Angeles. And we could go anywhere. No one had any idea who I was.

No matter where I'm going, I feel like I'm leaving something behind. Every time I get on a plane, I Show more No matter where I'm going, I feel like I'm leaving something behind. Every time I get on a plane, I cry. The flight attendants on Cathay Pacific must think I'm mad. Hide

Even though we can say the European or North American market is bigger, no, for me, I want Hong Kong Show more Even though we can say the European or North American market is bigger, no, for me, I want Hong Kong to be my main market. They want to own me and I want to own them. It's out of willingness. Hide

Maggie Cheung's FILMOGRAPHY

as Actor (26)

The Seventh Curse (Yuen Chun Hap yu Wai See Lee)

Days of Being Wild

Center Stage

Police Story 2

Comrades, Almost a Love Story (Tian mi mi)

The Bare-Footed Kid (Chik geuk siu ji)

Heroic Trio 2: Executioners (Yin doi hou hap zyun)

The Heroic Trio

Hero (Ying xiong) [Audio: Chinese]

Police Story [Audio: English]

The Soong Sisters (Song jia huang chao)

Alls Well, Ends Well (Ga yau hei si)

Hero [Audio: English]

Police Story 3: Super Cop

The Twin Dragons (Seong lung wui) [Sub: Eng]

Twin Dragons

Project A Part 2

Dung che sai duk

The Eagle Shooting Heroes (Se diu ying hung: Dung sing sai jau)

Chinese Box

2046 (2004)

Gap tung kei hap

Irma Vep

Wong Gok ka moon [Audio: Chinese]

In The Mood For Love

The Mad Monk

Maggie Cheung'S roles

Flying Snow

May

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