The Straits Times | Tony Leung: I've gotten better at communicating with people - video Dailymotion

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In Singapore this December for the red carpet gala premiere of his new movie, The Goldfinger, Hong Kong actor Tony Leung shared with The Straits Times about his thoughts on his acting career.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 (speaking in foreign language)

00:17 (laughing)

00:19 - How did you dig into, you know,

00:22 whatever it is to project this character?

00:25 (speaking in foreign language)

00:29 (speaking in foreign language)

00:57 - Basically, I was looking back at the interview,

01:00 my first interview with you, 1992.

01:04 (laughing)

01:05 As a 29 year old then,

01:07 you were trying to get better at communicating with people

01:11 and that you actually had an inferiority complex

01:15 and that acting somehow helps you to,

01:19 to, you know, get rid of that.

01:21 After all those years,

01:22 (laughing)

01:24 how has that (speaking in foreign language)

01:25 how have you changed?

01:27 (speaking in foreign language)

01:31 (speaking in foreign language)

01:36 (speaking in foreign language)

02:04 - I think at that point in time,

02:05 you were also telling me that one of your ambitions

02:08 was actually to study law.

02:10 - Yes, yes.

02:11 - No choice, you had to come out to work

02:13 because family was poor.

02:15 After doing this for all these years, right,

02:17 do you think that somehow God has a plan for you?

02:20 (speaking in foreign language)

02:24 (speaking in foreign language)

02:28 - What is it about acting, you know,

02:43 which is most gratifying for you?

02:46 I understand that you're gonna play a neuroscientist.

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02:57 (speaking in foreign language)

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03:41 (upbeat music)

03:43 (speaking in foreign language)

03:48 - What is your idea of simple?

04:00 - Simple is just like (speaking in foreign language)

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The Straits Times | Tony Leung: I've gotten better at communicating with people

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