DO you sometimes hesitate on the path toward a goal you deeply desire? Perhaps you suffer from a lack of self-confidence, or are uncertain about the future.
Taiwanese actor and singer Chun Wu (吴尊), 28, doesn't ever want to look back on his life with regret. "Life goes by so quickly: I'm committed to living each day to the full," he said.
The former Brunei (文莱) national basketball team player started his modeling and acting career three years ago. He has risen to stardom quickly with parts in TV dramas such as Romantic Princess (《公主小妹》). He just finished shooting the action film Butterfly Lovers (《剑蝶》) with Charlene Choi (蔡卓妍). It will arrive at cinemas in September. In his first big screen role, he plays Liang Shanbo.
As a child, Wu was a shy person; he would never take the initiative. But when he lost his mother at a young age, his outlook began to change. When he woke from the grief (悲痛) of losing her, he began to understand that life is ephemeral (短暂的). He decided that from that point on he would live his life as an experiment.
"People say I'm optimistic and that I confront (面对) the challenges of life head-on. But, truth to tell, sometimes I'm nervous, sometimes scared," he said. "I do know it's important to seize every opportunity. I can accept failure, the thing is that I have to know I've tried."
Wu displays his daring spirit in other areas besides acting. He opened a fitness club in Brunei five years ago. Although he has a wealthy father, he borrowed money from a bank for the project. He's paying it back with the proceeds (收入) of his own hard work. But what is the most memorable event in Wu's life? Wu says it was flying to the US as a teenager to see Michael Jordan play basketball. |
