Last night, Hong Kong singer Charlene Choi (Ah Sa) brought her latest album "Montage" and appeared in Foshan to hold an autograph session and accepted an exclusive interview with Foshan Daily News, talking about her way of thinking after her divorce, anecdotes from being in the entertainment circle, and the troubles of transformation.
"I have gained an experience from my divorce"
Recently, the movie "DIVA" has create much discussion. In the movie, there is one line, "I have sacrificed a lot in order to change and become who I am today," which many artists feel deeply about. Being in the industry for so many years, Charlene Choi has her own way of looking at "wins" and "losses." "You never know what is a 'gain' and what is a 'loss.' Previously with my divorce, everyone felt that it was a loss. However, I gained an experience. If I didn't have my previous experience, I would not have been able to achieve an even better me. Going public with my relationship now, others think that it is not good. But I gained my life. These past two years, I no longer worry about paparazzi secretly taking photos.I gained my livelihood and I can output things in my life into my work. Looking at it this way, what have I actually lost?"
Ah Sa explains that she remembers what one senior artist told her before she debuted: "You are a performer. Why does the audience want to watch you? Because society is very unhappy. They are able to find happiness from you." So every since she was a child, Ah Sa has wished to use happiness to influence those around her." In between, there were several years where I was very lost. I felt that I was unable to bring happiness to others. But in recent years, after relaxing everything, I have found a new happiness."
"Even if a movie is poor, I film it happily"
Last year, Ah Sa put very little of her time in music. The intention of releasing this album was to consider the issue of transforming.
This time for "Montage", Ah Sa only looked for one music director Eric Kwok to compose all 10 songs, getting a unified feeling. She found a new styling team for the outfits and a new vocal coach. Ah Sa said: "I do not want to break away from before. Rather, I want to see if there are even more possibilities in me." "Montage" uses bagatelle (light and mellow) style music to express the way Ah Sa views events in love, life and society. She explains that this is currently the music style that suits her the most.
About transforming, with respect to acting, Ah Sa's roles give people a carefree feeling. Acting in comedies for so many years, has she thought of breaking through and acting even deeper movies? Ah Sa smiled and said, directors all really like to look for her to film comedies and there are not many opportunities to try other things. "I really like to act and I very rarely pick and choose for what to act. If the filming schedule is okay, I film it. Previously, I tried portraying a schizophrenic individual in . At that time, I was worried about whether people would accept it. I unexpectedly won awards and then I realized, after you firmly film one genre, so long as you do not film the same type, others think you do great."
But, Ah Sa stated, "It is very difficult to gain people's recognition when you make comedies. You can if you make people cry easily through the dialogue and music combined. But nowadays in a society where people are restless and impatient, it is very difficult to make people laugh."
Even though she filmed comedies in the past, the audience has criticized with "trashy film" comments. But on the contrary, Ah Sa is relaxed and states, "Even if the movie is very poor, trashy, I film it very happily. Because in every movie, other than myself, there is a large group of people who are working hard. Filming a movie is able to provide for many people. Is this considered being considerate of others? Whether it is good or bad depends on how you look at it."
Source: Foshan Daily
Translated by: mutts @ AsianFanatics
