A biography for Fala Chenhasn’t been written yet.
“I've always been kind of lost.”
“I want to maintain the privacy and remain low-profile.”
“Sunglasses are not only for functional use but also necessary for complementing your whole look.”
“Somehow, I feel even more lost when I work with experienced veteran stars. It makes me wonder what is the meaning of my job. Am I here to pursue my personal satisfaction, or to entertain people?”
“Can you imagine, just talking and chatting with Tony Leung? I got to ask all my fan girl questions.”
“In China, literally in elementary school, we have to sit a certain way. You can't raise your hand anytime, you can't speak in class. So it takes a lot of courage and experimenting to kind of try to break that.”
“I'm incredibly close to my family and I think family is such an important thing, in Asian culture especially.”
“I was so glad that I was able to use my skills of speaking Chinese in a film where the character is Chinese, because sometimes you actually don't get to do that. Especially in Hollywood blockbusters today because they want everyone around the world to understand what is happening, so they usually want you to speak English.”
“America has taken small baby steps of progress towards having more inclusion and diversity in Hollywood. It's optimistic.”
“I'm not physically a super expressive person.”
“Tai Chi is not super masculine. It's not super pushing and strong, but it's has so much power in its movements. It's so smooth and it's so subtle.”
“The audition process is like playing games at times, where you have to pass many levels. Sometimes, you could pass the contract negotiation level, but in the end, the producer may decide to use a different actor instead.”
“I have problems with the trigeminal nerves, which may be triggered by stress and tension.”
“If you are with people you truly love, then the simplest meal can feel so romantic.”
“I think I'm pretty put-together.”
“From the physical aspect of things, I really enjoy Tai Chi.”
“I ride a bicycle to school every morning.”
“You're just constantly outputting, and giving all you know so you don't have time to look inside of yourself and to really reflect. The four years at drama school really gave me that time and space.”
“My dad and I would go to Blockbuster and look for Asian films and we could never find any. If we saw a Jackie Chan movie we would watch that because it was so comforting to see a face similar to ours.”
“I want to challenge myself constantly.”