Meet Rainie Yang in Bangkok

By Cai Shanshan (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-06-18 14:16

CD: As to your fifth album you just mentioned, how is it different from your previous ones?

Yang: Well, actually I am a little worried that people would think I will change myself into a totally “mature” image since I have changed a little bit in my last album “Proclamation-Not yet a woman”. For this album, I think I will still remain my current style-a style of my age.

CD: Who do you think is your competitor, if any?

Yang: You could take everyone as your competitor but it’s all benign interaction. I don’t take them as “enemy”. But what I really think is that every artist should take him or herself as his or her biggest competitor. If you can’t surpass yourself, you would not surpass anyone else. So what I always do is to look at myself-whether I have made any improvement.

CD: Is there anyone that you admire?

Yang: I have been a fan of Amuro Namie since I was a little girl.

CD: And mentor? I know you used to work with Jackie Wu, did you take him as your advisor?

Yang: He is an easy-going guy. So it’s hard to connect him with a “teacher” or something like this. Sometimes he is more like a father and sometimes you would think him a close friend. Working with him is always a happy thing.

CD: You’ve just turned 25. What is the biggest lesson that you learned during the past 25 years?

Yang: Keep an easy mind. We always have lots of wishes and ambitions. You always want more. As you know, luck counts much in entertainment circles. So the best choice for me is to do what I should do. With this in mind, I feel much easier to find a balance now than the first few years when I just started my career.

CD: Did you have any birthday wish this year?

Yang: I haven’t had any birthday wishes for the last 2 to 3 years.

CD: Why is that?

Yang: Now I’m doing what I want to do. I wouldn’t ask for more.

CD: It’s difficult to have true friends in entertainment circles. Do you have any close friends?

Yang: I used to find it hard. But gradually I don’t think this way. Just keep a simple mind. My close friends, if you want me to name it, includes Xsu Weilun who passed away two years ago, Wilber Pan(Pan Weibo), AYA and Ariel Lin (Lin Yichen).

CD: Any future plans for your private life or work?

Yang: As to my work, it is mostly arranged by my company. And as to private life, I would like to travel at least one country in a year which I have never been, with friends or my family. I regret that I have missed lots of opportunities before.

CD: You co-starred with Mike He(He Junxiang) in some of your dramas. Any chance of doing another project with him?

Yang: Many people hope so. But currently he focuses more on mainland China. I’m not sure whether we would have this chance in near term. But if it is right time and also we have a good story to act on, it’s very possible.

CD: Are you friends?

Yang: Yes. But we seldom hang out. We are kind of like “net friends” which He joked so. People could misunderstand us if we go out and especially for paparazzi, they would write ungrounded reports.

CD: You work in Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China, which environment do you like best?

Yang: All of the three are good, but in different ways. For Taiwan where I grew up, everything there is familiar and natural to me. And in Hong Kong and mainland, people take me as “VIP” and give me special treatment. I really appreciate that.

CD: Any plan to go to Japan or South Korea?

Yang: It’s in the process but not that fast. Some Taiwan dramas are seeking to establish fame in Japan and South Korea, which wound give me more opportunities to do more interviews there. And our branch office in Japan also launched a blog in Japanese for me on my birthday this year. I write the blogs by myself in Chinese and they just translate them to Japanese.

CD: Wish you good luck.

Yang: Thanks very much.

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