“I have been very lucky to be able to work all the time with very interesting, diverse and avant-garde directors, which has allowed me to fight for what I really believe in: representation, diversity and above all the emancipation of women”said the actress in Kuala Lumpur, at her first press conference in her native country after winning the Oscar in April.
“I don’t think that because we are women, we are the weaker sex (…) We should never allow anyone to pigeonhole us”he claimed.
The Oscar he received “represents so much to many of us”he continued, recalling that, after his victory, “heard the cries of joy and happiness all over the world as far as Los Angeles.”
Yeoh, 60, received the prestigious statuette for his role in the surreal comedy “Everything everywhere at the same time”with a mostly Asian cast and which took a total of seven awards.
This crazy science fiction film became a symbol in Hollywood, criticized in recent years for its lack of diversity.
During the press conference, when asked what advice he would give to young people, Yeoh replied: “Don’t be like me, be yourself (…) I think you’ll be better.”
The entrance Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh urges women not to be “typecast” was first published on newspaper TODAY.
