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APA: So basically, you stalked her...
LC: [laughs] Well, I figured out what her acting style was, how she looked. I sort of already had this mini-crush on her, like my character is supposed to have, not knowing what to really expect in the flesh. But yeah, she and I did the scene together a couple times, and I already respected her as an actress at that point. And, she's just an amazing actress and a wonderful person. It was pretty easy. She and I had never done a love scene with another woman before. And, I had never done a love scene at all. So, I just felt at ease, knowing that she was going through this for the first time as well.
APA: So you guys got to go to Sundance this year. How was that experience?
LC: It was pretty crazy. I don't think anyone can really prepare you for what Sundance is like. I had read about the scene, and people in the industry had told me what it was going to be like, but when you're actually there, you can't prepare for the craziness of just seeing what you're seeing and being thrust from one place to another. Park City in general is such a tiny little town, and I don't think it can handle the population growth that happens [laughs]. So it's just a very hectic experience -- very exciting, but very tiring.
APA: What were some of the reactions you've gotten from people who've seen the movie?
LC: Sundance is the first time that I had people afterwards coming up to me and telling me how much they loved the movie. The thing that surprised me at Sundance were the people who I didn't think would like the movie. There was a sports bar we went to in between interviews, and a bunch of jocks came up to me! These big white jocks came up to me and were like, "Hey, loved your film."
APA: Oh, come on. Of course straight guys are going to like an Asian lesbian movie...
LC: Well, right, the idea of it. But I didn't know that they would -- after reading the description -- actually go see it.
APA: That's true, because it is a woman-oriented movie.
LC: Right, but that's the thing about the film. I think whoever ends up going, initially there might be some hesitancy into going to see it, because they might think it's a chick flick, but I think once you're in there, I think anyone can relate to it in some way. After Sundance, the response from the San Francisco Film Festival was just overwhelming and amazing. I had a couple of Asian lesbians coming up to me and talking to me. That was great.
APA: Yeah, because I'm sure there haven't been many Asian lesbians portrayed on screen like that.
LC: Yeah, I just heard from someone statistically that we are the first Asian-American lesbian couple to be in a feature film that is going to be theatrically released.
APA: Really. Wow, that's cool. You're making history.
LC: I know. I wasn't even thinking about that. I don't think Alice even really thought about that when she was making the movie. When we all heard that, it was just icing on the cake.
APA: Is the acting industry as tough as everyone says it is?
LC: Yeah it is. It's funny. When I first started, everyone was like, "This is a horrible industry. Get out of it while you can." And I kind of naively said, "What are you talking about? It's fun. I get rejected all the time, but it's OK. And I'm just glad to work while I can." And yeah, now, it's sort of like, "Yeah they were right." [laughs] But there's no turning back at this point. I feel like I've committed my life to it, and I've also really fallen in love with acting, so I don't want to leave.
APA: What is your perspective on Asian-American roles in Hollywood now?
LC: I think it's a very exciting time right now. There's a lot of Asian-American directors who are very talented and are beginning to break though, and I think a lot of them are conscious of the lack of good roles for Asian-American actors, so I think they're responsibly casting Asian-American actors in those roles, and that's exciting. Also, this year during pilot season, the roles that I was going up for that were specifically Asian are getting a lot better. But, you know, I still turn on the TV and see some horrible stuff now and then, so that saddens me. But I do think it's slowly getting better.
APA: As an actor, when you're going for roles, are you mostly going for roles specifically written for Asian-Americans or ones that aren't?
LC: I'd say about 60% of the time I'm going for roles that are not, roles that are open ethnicity. The times where I am going in for something that is specifically Asian, I'd say most of the time, it isn't for what I consider to be a stereotyped role. I think they're thinking Asian in terms of diversity for show, for the project. But in general, lately, I haven't come across anything that I had to put my foot down and say, "Absolutely no, I won't do this." Which is something I did a few years ago. But that's not to say it's not out there.
APA: But at least that's optimistic, that it's changing.
LC: Yeah. But at the same time, there's been so many times where I've been so close to something, and it's always been me and three other white girls. And it's like here's what we really want, but if you want something different, here's Lynn Chen. So it's still a barrier.
APA: What do you do in your free time when you're not working?
LC: I watch a lot of movies, and I take my dog out for walks -- like three hour walks sometimes. And I'm obsessed with video games, so I play a lot of video games.
APA: That's fun. What else can we expect coming up from you?
LC: I have a few projects I'm working on. I've been writing a couple of scripts and writing some music. And, also I've been prepping for the Saving Face junkets.
APA: We're looking forward to seeing it. Thank you so much for your time.
LC: Thank you.
Saving Face opens the VC Film Fest 2005 in Los Angeles on April 28, and opens nationwide May 2005.
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Date Posted: 4/14/2005
Lovin’ the Lynn
By Ada Tseng
APA与Lynn Chen访谈，首位在电影中扮演LES的亚裔美国人。电影Saving Face，Alice Wu初次执导，陈冲、Michelle Krusiec主演。
Lynn既是Jersey Girl也是New Yorker，在这两个城市生活的最多。但在过去的6年，她几乎都待在NY，在NY，她从事着她的表演事业，在出演ALICE的电影Saving Face中Vivian一角前，她在Regina On All My Children和Law & Order series中客串演出。
她成长在Garden State（有这个州吗？怎么没听说过），她很早就知道自己喜欢表演。她母亲是个歌剧演员，5岁的时候，小凌就在歌剧院表演,梦想着跟母亲一样。13岁，在看了陈冲的<末代皇帝>后，受电影的影响知道亚裔女演员也能上大银幕，她被表演艺术深深吸引。她抽出一部分时间, 从表演到探索其他感兴趣的东西，包括在Wesleyan大学双修了女性研究和音乐之后，Lynn重新专注于她的梦想——做一个专业的演员。她不知道的是，有一天她会跟皇后婉容（它怎么打WAN JUNG？应该是婉容吧）本人一起很随意的吃午餐，不只是作为一个Long time的影迷，还是作为同事。
APA：你能描述下Saving Face的故事吗？
LC：是讲一个年轻，内向的LES外科医生，由MK扮演，她和她母亲的关系。当她（Wil）和我（Vivian）发展一段关系时，她陷入复杂的情形。我的角色叫Vivian。她是非常外向的, 对她的SEXUALITY非常有信心的一个人。当那个时候，Wil开始这段感情的时候，她母亲出现了，并且怀孕了，她被她所住的Fleshing区的人所排斥。而Wil尽量向她妈妈隐藏她是LES的事实，她妈妈也保有一个秘密就是孩子的父亲到底是谁。
APA：这个故事是发生在QUEENS吗？
LC：发生的NY。Wil她们都是生长在FLUSHING，QUEENS，那里的社区几乎都是中国移民，但是她们都在MANHATTAN工作。Wil住在BROOKLYN，Vivian住在CHINATOWN。所以她们都离开了那个小世界。那里有一群三姑六婆，我认为她们很高兴回去看望那些人，但是最重要的是，她们已离开那儿。在某些方面，她们变得很美国化。她们在20世纪晚期移民到那里，她们不愿意再过她们年少过的同样的生活。
APA：你的角色是否代表了一种强烈的力量，是由于她对自己性向的公开并知道她想要的是什么吗？
LC：这里的三位女性角色都有独特的强烈的地方。我的，她很清楚自己是谁，这是她区别于其他两个角色的地方。但是，同时，她也不是完美的。她是个芭蕾舞者，而她想跳的是现代舞，但她被束缚在芭蕾舞世界，因为她想让父亲高兴。所以，她有缺点，有问题，但总的来讲，她很高兴自己的生活是如何的。她不担心。
APA：最初是什么吸引你参与这部剧的？
LC：写亚裔女性的角色很少，我去试镜的时候，差不多我知道的每个人都去了。我走进去，Alice和Heidi Griffith问我有没有读过剧本。我说“没有”，他们说：“你最好先读一下”。然后，我拿了份拷贝读了整晚我非常喜欢它，那晚我EMAIL给Alice告诉她这个剧本太棒了。告诉你，这是我通读的第一个剧本，所以我想“WOW，大概所有的剧本都是这么棒的”[LAUGHS]，但是，并不是所有的都是好的。我EMAIL给Alice说“我喜欢这个角色，如果你想找人来演这个鲜明的LES角色，如果要找个直人GIRL来演的话，我就是那个GIRL。”然后，在接下来的4个多月里，我投入进去，经历了很多再试镜，最终，在我们开机前的2个礼拜，我终于接到电话说我得到了这个角色。
APA：在Alice Wu的第一次导演的电影里感觉怎样？
LC：这也是我第一次拍故事电影。加入剧组后，我没有想什么，Alice知道她要的是什么，她会用一种你不觉得过分的方式，让你去做一些事情。她从没使我觉得我的决定是糟糕的，她和演员们一同工作。她有那种本事保持冷静，也很聪明，我只要完全相信的的能力。
APA：你和陈冲一起工作怎么样？你是她的超级FAN吗？
LC：是的，事实上陈冲是我想成为演员的重要原因。我还是个小女生的时候，我去看了《末代皇帝》。这是PG-13（电影限制级别吧）的，而我还不能看PG-13的电影，但我的母亲她说我可以去看。所以我就去看了，我记得她真得非常棒，从此我就想做跟她一样的职业。是第4次复试时，我知道陈冲也喜欢这部影片，就这点来说，我真得十分想得到这个角色。当我听说她要演‘妈’这个角色时，我想“OH MY GOD，我一定要得到这个角色。”
By Ada Tseng
APA与Lynn Chen访谈，首位在电影中扮演LES的亚裔美国人。电影Saving Face，Alice Wu初次执导，陈冲、Michelle Krusiec主演。
Lynn既是Jersey Girl也是New Yorker，在这两个城市生活的最多。但在过去的6年，她几乎都待在NY，在NY，她从事着她的表演事业，在出演ALICE的电影Saving Face中Vivian一角前，她在Regina On All My Children和Law & Order series中客串演出。
她成长在Garden State（有这个州吗？怎么没听说过），她很早就知道自己喜欢表演。她母亲是个歌剧演员，5岁的时候，小凌就在歌剧院表演,梦想着跟母亲一样。13岁，在看了陈冲的<末代皇帝>后，受电影的影响知道亚裔女演员也能上大银幕，她被表演艺术深深吸引。她抽出一部分时间, 从表演到探索其他感兴趣的东西，包括在Wesleyan大学双修了女性研究和音乐之后，Lynn重新专注于她的梦想——做一个专业的演员。她不知道的是，有一天她会跟皇后婉容（它怎么打WAN JUNG？应该是婉容吧）本人一起很随意的吃午餐，不只是作为一个Long time的影迷，还是作为同事。
APA：你能描述下Saving Face的故事吗？
LC：是讲一个年轻，内向的LES外科医生，由MK扮演，她和她母亲的关系。当她（Wil）和我（Vivian）发展一段关系时，她陷入复杂的情形。我的角色叫Vivian。她是非常外向的, 对她的SEXUALITY非常有信心的一个人。当那个时候，Wil开始这段感情的时候，她母亲出现了，并且怀孕了，她被她所住的Fleshing区的人所排斥。而Wil尽量向她妈妈隐藏她是LES的事实，她妈妈也保有一个秘密就是孩子的父亲到底是谁。
APA：这个故事是发生在QUEENS吗？
LC：发生的NY。Wil她们都是生长在FLUSHING，QUEENS，那里的社区几乎都是中国移民，但是她们都在MANHATTAN工作。Wil住在BROOKLYN，Vivian住在CHINATOWN。所以她们都离开了那个小世界。那里有一群三姑六婆，我认为她们很高兴回去看望那些人，但是最重要的是，她们已离开那儿。在某些方面，她们变得很美国化。她们在20世纪晚期移民到那里，她们不愿意再过她们年少过的同样的生活。
APA：你的角色是否代表了一种强烈的力量，是由于她对自己性向的公开并知道她想要的是什么吗？
LC：这里的三位女性角色都有独特的强烈的地方。我的，她很清楚自己是谁，这是她区别于其他两个角色的地方。但是，同时，她也不是完美的。她是个芭蕾舞者，而她想跳的是现代舞，但她被束缚在芭蕾舞世界，因为她想让父亲高兴。所以，她有缺点，有问题，但总的来讲，她很高兴自己的生活是如何的。她不担心。
APA：最初是什么吸引你参与这部剧的？
LC：写亚裔女性的角色很少，我去试镜的时候，差不多我知道的每个人都去了。我走进去，Alice和Heidi Griffith问我有没有读过剧本。我说“没有”，他们说：“你最好先读一下”。然后，我拿了份拷贝读了整晚我非常喜欢它，那晚我EMAIL给Alice告诉她这个剧本太棒了。告诉你，这是我通读的第一个剧本，所以我想“WOW，大概所有的剧本都是这么棒的”[LAUGHS]，但是，并不是所有的都是好的。我EMAIL给Alice说“我喜欢这个角色，如果你想找人来演这个鲜明的LES角色，如果要找个直人GIRL来演的话，我就是那个GIRL。”然后，在接下来的4个多月里，我投入进去，经历了很多再试镜，最终，在我们开机前的2个礼拜，我终于接到电话说我得到了这个角色。
APA：在Alice Wu的第一次导演的电影里感觉怎样？
LC：这也是我第一次拍故事电影。加入剧组后，我没有想什么，Alice知道她要的是什么，她会用一种你不觉得过分的方式，让你去做一些事情。她从没使我觉得我的决定是糟糕的，她和演员们一同工作。她有那种本事保持冷静，也很聪明，我只要完全相信的的能力。
APA：你和陈冲一起工作怎么样？你是她的超级FAN吗？
LC：是的，事实上陈冲是我想成为演员的重要原因。我还是个小女生的时候，我去看了《末代皇帝》。这是PG-13（电影限制级别吧）的，而我还不能看PG-13的电影，但我的母亲她说我可以去看。所以我就去看了，我记得她真得非常棒，从此我就想做跟她一样的职业。是第4次复试时，我知道陈冲也喜欢这部影片，就这点来说，我真得十分想得到这个角色。当我听说她要演‘妈’这个角色时，我想“OH MY GOD，我一定要得到这个角色。”
