Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Maggie Cheung

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Chinese actress Maggie Cheung.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Maggie Cheung

Maggie Cheung Man-yuk is a Hong Kong former actress. Raised in Hong Kong and Britain, she started her career after placing second in 1983's Miss Hong Kong Pageant. She achieved critical success in the late 1980s and into the early 2000s, before taking a break from acting following her last starring role in 2004. She rarely makes public appearances except for fashion events and award ceremonies.

I don't want to die thinking I've only done one thing in my life.
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. You never know - I might never make a film again.
I was always the hero's girlfriend or wife - actually, the woman with no voice. — © Maggie Cheung
I was always the hero's girlfriend or wife - actually, the woman with no voice.
I've played a ghost, cat, snake. I've been funny, sad. I've been filmed flying on screen. So why not spend time on something else? I don't need to accept everything I'm offered.
I did 75 films. I didn't take a break; I didn't spend my money. I have my savings, so when you're not working for money anymore, then you should find things that are meaningful and not just be like, 'OK, that's another day gone.'
People get surprised by my choices. But that comes from me looking for something new.
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.
I need to be doing different things all the time; it's just part of who I am.
I don't really want a film as a present; you can get me a diamond ring.
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 anymore.
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