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
continuity
I have not lived so abundantly, full of family, full of continuity and history.
david preparing
When I was preparing for the film for tree weeks, with David Cronenberg, I had a lady friend come over.
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.
beauty
The beauty of it is when you can just show up and hit the notes.
queens drag performers
I wasn't playing a drag queen - I was playing an extraordinary performer.
artist want littles
But I really want to be an artist, so therefore I have to live a little bit like a monk.
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.
prejudice males female
I have no prejudice against male or female.
trying
The point I'm trying to make is, I'm really quite neutral. I have not been conditioned.
female world involved
I'm not involved with the female world.
extraordinary
An extraordinary diva would never sit by herself.
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.
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.
sleep next needs
I really need to be alone. I can't deal with someone sleeping next to me.