John Lone
John Lone
John Loneis a Hong Kong-born American actor. Lone has played roles as diverse as a caveman in Iceman, Puyi in The Last Emperor, and an apparently female opera performer in M. Butterfly...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth13 October 1952
CountryUnited States of America
ate beijing learned lived money
So, I lived at the Beijing Opera, I ate there, I learned a craft. And the money we made went into the company.
david preparing
When I was preparing for the film for tree weeks, with David Cronenberg, I had a lady friend come over.
sleep next needs
I really need to be alone. I can't deal with someone sleeping next to me.
waiting feelings important
But as a woman, I really started feeling vulnerable on the set, and I really felt that it was important that I should not be open for invitation or making myself look as though I was waiting for something.
girl boys men
If you come from a normal family, you immediately start playing the role of a boy, a girl a man or a woman, but I'm sure you'll agree with me that those are only roles, limited roles, at that.
extraordinary
An extraordinary diva would never sit by herself.
female world involved
I'm not involved with the female world.
trying
The point I'm trying to make is, I'm really quite neutral. I have not been conditioned.
continuity
I have not lived so abundantly, full of family, full of continuity and history.
prejudice males female
I have no prejudice against male or female.
winning people film
I am not well educated or bright enough to be politically clued in, but I hope in the film that I'm going to shock a few people, win a lot of people over.
artist want littles
But I really want to be an artist, so therefore I have to live a little bit like a monk.
queens drag performers
I wasn't playing a drag queen - I was playing an extraordinary performer.