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
queens drag performers
I wasn't playing a drag queen - I was playing an extraordinary performer.
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.
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.
continuity
I have not lived so abundantly, full of family, full of continuity and history.
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.