Yes. Otherwise I Could Have Done A Lot Of Hollywood Movies. After Crouching Tiger I Got A Lot Of Offers, But I Turned Them Down Because They Were All Victim Roles - Poor Girls Sold To America To Be A Wife Or Whatever. I Know I Have The Ability To Go Deeper, To Take On More Original Roles Than That. - SearchQuotes

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Yes. Otherwise I could have done a lot of Hollywood movies. After Crouching Tiger I got a lot of offers, but I turned them down because they were all victim roles - poor girls sold to America to be a wife or whatever. I know I have the ability to go deeper, to take on more original roles than that.

Zhang Ziyi

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