粤夜粤娱乐 2014-8-13 Steven Ma wants to challenge villain roles

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Steven Ma wants to portray a perverted man

So, what kind of pervert/psycho do you want to see Steven portray?

- an engaging good looking mentally ill Norman Bates in Psycho -- like actor Anthony Perkins, who at the time was "a young, boyishly handsome leading heartthrob at the time"

- a nice, charming seductor inspired by real life coldhearted, highly intelligent Ted Bundy?

- other suggestions

Ignore the news since it is the same rehashing of old news, it's not the first time that Steven has indicated his interest to portray a psycho, so just enjoy the newly revealed photos of an old set of photos taken way back when on June 19. Some of the photos in the set have already been used for a June 19 2014 news report and for a July 7 video reporting.

Monday's child is fair of face

Steven desires more challenging roles

On many different occasions besides the two stated below, Steven had reiterated his wish to portray different characters from his usual upright protagonists that he has been pigeon holed into. So in this new year, hope Steven will encounter challenging roles that showcase his acting chops and make his shine.

excerpted from WilliamWangKH @ youtube

weibo entry 2/17/2011
......Actually, I do not choose to portray only the righteous protagonists, sometimes, tired of it too! More specifically, the righteous protagonists are actually more difficult to portray! After all these years, I’m still not tired? Fibbing you la! But anyway, I’m willing to experiment. You all like? Then I’m willing!....

News 2009:Desire to act a villain
“I have tried a lot of different characters. But I really want to act as a villain, a vivid villain. It’s very difficult to act as villain.

difficult to laugh or cry intensely
There’s one quota Mazai reserved for himself: “I want to be the antagonist for once. The kind that viewers like and not hate; that’s what I hope for. I’m always portraying the good guy; a constantly good person will bore people.”

yahoo blog CNY
As an actor, even though I’m still far from being veteran, but these 10 years or so acting experiences have taught me how an actor must continue to strive for self-improvement through challenges and changes. If I continue to persist on portraying similar ‘good’ characters, maybe my supporters will like them, but truth be told, I believe not only a huge portion of the viewers will be tired of this sameness, so would I. 

People have to grow up; actors too need to grow. Acting is an art. 

news mag 2007 
TVseries mag: You’ve been in many shows, most of them as protagonist. But in the past, many TVB male leads have acted as antagonists leaving deep impression to the viewers. Have you thought about taking the role of an antagonist?

S: I’ve often requested the company to cast me as a villain. But…. There are different types of villains. Some people seem to be born evil. (smile) This kind is pointless. I want to portray a person with a story. There must be reasons behind his turning evil, unless he’s psychotic. Actually, I would like to take on the role of a psychotic killer, or something similar; like he would randomly kill anybody he sees but when he sees a child, he stops. The kind of character that will arouse people’s curiosity as to his motive. Actually, it is always been this way: even the most evil person has his/her good side, likewise, a good person has his/her dark side. Anyway, I hope I’ll have an opportunity to take up different roles.

news report 2007
During his interview, Steven, who will replace Moses in an upcoming period drama, Gentle Crackdown 2, disclosed that if given the chance to choose his own character role, he would love to portray a schizophrenic or someone suffering depression. “Nowadays, there are many people afflicted with mental illness. I, myself, have many friends who are depressed or have had suffered depression. No matter how advanced the medical technology may be today, there is no device that can yet probe into mental patients’ minds to study their thoughts. So, if such a role comes up, I would love the challenge of playing this kind of character. He said the role may greatly affect his moods; but nonetheless, he is still very keen to take up this challenge.

weibo 2/17/2011 - Desire different roles

2011-2-17 23:58  Yik Jo On? Some scolded, but at the same time, many encouraged. Actually, I do not choose to portray only the righteous protagonists, sometimes, tired of it too! More to the point, the righteous protagonists are actually more difficult to portray! After all these years, I’m still not tired? Fibbing you la! But anyway, I’m willing to experiment. You all like? Then I’m willing! Thank you, Uncle Choi, thank you those who believe in me! I don’t have gold heaps and jade stacks! (gold/jade awards(?)我沒有金堆玉砌) Perhaps ordinary, but in my ordinariness you get to see how I act, how I portray my character, how I perform in a series, what else could I ask for? 演易早安？有人罵，同時得到很多鼓勵。其實，我也不是只想演正派好人，有時，也覺累！再 真點，好人正派才難演呢！這麼多年了，我不累？騙你啦！不管如何， 我願嘗試。你們喜歡？那我願了！謝材叔，謝信我的你們！我沒有金堆玉砌！也許平凡，但平凡至你們會看我怎樣演，演一個角色，演一部戲，還求什麼？

Steven Ma: I really want to become a villain!

article translated by Akazukin @ asianfanactics.net

italic portion translated by hyn5 @ hyn5-hyn5.blogspot.com

Persevering, 16 years, praised Tavia Yeung for being serious enough
Steven Ma is a rare gem among artistes, hardworking, righteous, keen to learn, persevering when met with difficulties, courageously going forward. It needs to be known, years ago, it’s me who brought him into the entertainment circle. At that time, Steven Ma has succeeded in capturing hundreds of thousands young girls’ hearts. His debut album is very popular. 16 years have passed, seeing Steven Ma’s achievement in TV circle today, I know that I was not wrong. In new series , he acted as a high-ranked official who is both orthodox and unorthodox, always travelling through the choices between love and loyalty. It’s rare chance to be able to have a reunion today, Steven Ma could not hold in to tell me about the ending, and also revealed that he hoped to act as a spirited villain and a plan to release a new album. I believe, it will not be long until Steven Ma realised his wish

Collaborating with Steven Ma for short three years in Warner CD, and then leaving individually, he received nurture from Catherine Tsang and Lee Tim Sing in TV circle. “I remember the first time I was auditioning for , at that time Jordan Chan was Wai Siu Bo, I became Hong Hei. I have never tried shaving my head for a Dynasty Ching period series. At that time I was very afraid, moreover this character was acted by Andy Lau before. How would I dare to challenge? My heart was hoping that I will not be chosen, I really thought of rejecting the role. Tim gor knew that I was worried, he then said to me: “Your appearance of course must film ancient drama, completely suitable!” After that, he taught me how to challenge a character, and gave me a lot of encouragement. As a result, I act until now.”

After acting as a pair of lovers in , Steven and Tavia Yeung continued their fate again. Will both of them able to make up for the regret of that time, this is one of the focus of the drama. However, in Steven Ma’s eyes, Tavia Yeung is a 100% good partner, being able to collaborate with such good partner, he already feels no regret.

In Steven's eyes, Tavia is a very good partner in every sense. "The old Tavia didn't have fire in her innermost feelings, but during the filming of "Sweetness in the Salt", she did some reorganization. Her acting is now different. She is very detailed in filming every scene, and she is in ready position when the cameras start filming. There is an episode where it talks about me catching a virus, so I had to stay in an abandoned temple. She was acting with me through a door way. We couldn't stop crying. That type of "parting forever" feeling was done in one take. After filming that scene, we couldn't help but hug each other. The filming crew were clapping their hands. I am very happy to have met such a great actress. I hope this series will become one of her representative works in her acting career."

Since in 1995 (Duke of Mount Deer was actually aired in 1998, credit to tamaya) until now, Steven Ma has been in TV circle for 14 years. His acting skill becomes more and more mature. In new series , he acted Nip Ji Yuen, an orthodox but unorthodox anti-smuggling official, into life. From the subtle inner feeling to emotional scenes are acted masterfully by him, doesn’t pale in comparison with Chai Gau gor at all.

“Nip Ji Yuen is an official who were living in both black and white streams, orthodox and also unorthodox. His inner feeling scenes are very complicated. It can be said that this is the role that I put most efforts and thoughts on it since I entered this industry. This is also the series that I need to fight most often in it. Wanting the actions to be well done, I can only practice diligently. I have tried bringing the sword home before. I also practiced before getting into position to do the actions smoothly, with a substitute and good editing, turning my body around and falling on the ground will also look good. It makes me look like a great martial artist. Actually, one must not be afraid of suffering to film a fighting scene, the result will come out very good. If substitute is often used, the result will be a lot worse. Actually this series does not take the normal route of a Dynasty Ching series, especially the ending, the story is not conventional and very surprising. In short, it’s a very good one to watch.”

Although he has not released an album for a long time, Steven Ma, who has sang quite a lot of themesongs, also hoped to release an album again. Even though we all know that Hong Kong music industry was not as bold as in the past, as long as not giving up, there must be chances to come across a good song, I believe Steven Ma will still be able to have a bright achievement in the music industry.

“I have tried a lot of different characters. But I really want to act as a villain, a vivid villain. It’s very difficult to act as villain. The situation is similar to singing. I still want to release an album, I will practise when I have time, I also installed a karaoke machine at home so I can use the remote to choose song and also to practise singing for my show. I have a great interest in singing. Fortunately, every themesong of my series was sung by me. I hope one day, I will be able to release a themesong collection CD, added with one or two new songs. That will be good.”


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Posted 03 July 2009

Steven Ma – An Ocean Concealed in a Water Droplet

166期《电视剧》马浚伟滴水藏海 sep 2007
Steven Ma – An Ocean Concealed in a Water Droplet.- (An excerpt of the original interview)
166 edition TV Series sep 2007
Translated: Tamaya

Before my interview with Steven, I did not have much of an impression of him. Maybe it is because of his consistently righteous screen image that contributed to my “犯贱” (fan jian), a faddish term meaning that people tend to remember the flawed conversely overlooking the almost flawless. But to be near flawless is not his fault, not on screen, and definitely not in real life.

I can’t say what kind of man Steven is, what I can say is that, at least during our hour’s long interview, I could not find faults on him. In the Steps’ press conference, he kept his smiles, and was a thoughtful and courteous (tn:Mandarin) interpreter for his co-stars. He was neither low-key nor attention grabbing, sharing the limelight equally with his co-stars. Despite his infrequent visits to China, he was nevertheless a big attraction whenever he appeared, and wherever he went.

Because of his affability, our interview was very relaxed; it’s more like time spent getting to know a person than filling up blank papers with words. Although the jotted words might seem incoherent but actually whatever questions I’d wanted to ask he had already talked about – Just like a droplet of water will reflect the nature of the ocean. His voice is also very pleasing to the ears. He was very courteous throughout the interview, in every sense, an exceptional man.

TVseries: You are very interested in photography?

S: Yes, it’s been a year now. Almost half an expert now. I learnt it from friends. I have 2 cameras, so I can take pictures continuously, which is good.


T: Do you have any favorite shots?

S: Yes, but they’re mostly of people. Sometimes taken outdoor, and sometimes indoor. I don’t like to use studio lighting. Prefer natural light. Because the beautiful looks taken under studio lights are not as natural. I like color contrasts in the pictures. Every body has his/her beautiful angles, but not many people realize that. If the pictures are taken with studio lighting, then anybody can look pretty. But if there is no special lighting, no matter what the model does, if I were to take the pictures, I will sure to come out with the most beautiful ones. I’ve taken a lot of these pretty pictures, mostly of the females. Because the females’ expressions are easier to capture. When they looked at their pictures, they all said they didn’t know they could look so pretty. I was happy to hear that. (smile)

Actually, I wish I’ve time to travel, to shoot some scenery pictures; simultaneously shooting and documenting the scenery pictures as I travel along. I’m doing the preparation now. Maybe next year, I will write a prose journal. Still need some 40,000 words. So far, have only written 10,000 words. My company will publish it.

TV: I remember you saying your dream is to open a publishing company.

S: Did that already. Been opened for many years now. Only a side interest – help people to publish books. Next year, I, myself, will publish a prose journal. Also intent to publish a pictorial book. I’ll annotate the pictures with my feelings at that time, and narrate the stories behind them.

TV: What’s the name of your company?

S: 出色堂 (True Star Hong Kong) Actually, the name’s been changed several times, (smile) in the end, settled on this. There’s no special meaning behind it. Most thespians hope to just do their best in their acting or singing performances, other than that, they don’t necessarily want to be the best in anything else. It’s even better if there’s no need to communicate. But I don’t think that is possible. Besides, I think an interview will enable the public to get to know you better. It can be an advantage. Of course, it all depends on the thespians’ personality. Some people are naturally introvert or maybe just can’t express themselves well. They may think giving an interview is very tiring. Of course, sometimes, I feel tired too, like when the interviews are too rushed or too tightly scheduled, or when talking non stop. But..

TV: So, just have to bear it?

S: No, no. I don’t see it that way. In fact, it got me into the habit of seeking the 'fun' in it. Everybody has his/her own idiosyncrasy. You may be tired giving an interview, but the person interviewing you is also tired. (smile) They’re all tired. The person who finds the 'fun' during this interview will come out on top.. and happy, to boot. If you can’t find the fun in the interviews, and always go about them with a long face, then how miserable is that?

TV: You entered showbiz as a singer, and did quite well too. But when your acting career took off, your singing career got sidetracked. Is it because you had truly fallen in love with acting or because you had to give in to reality?

S: I truly like it. Truly. Actually, I have never put too much focus on singing. Acting is my main focus. To me, acting is my 2nd life, while singing is just an interest of mine. If both of them could be equally successful then, of course, that would be the best. But if I had to weigh their importance, I would choose acting, for sure.

TV: On a website, there was this question, “What is your favorite Steven’s character role?” Among the top are: “Where the Legend Begins”, followed by “Better Halves”. What about yourself?

S: Actually, Cao Zhi is one of my favorite characters. That was the first time I realized that my moods could be so intensely affected by a character role. Cao Zhi is a tragic figure. I was depressed everyday I did the shooting, because every person close to me tormented me. My brother even betrayed me. Ah, it was depressing, because the script was so tragic, but I was truly into it. The other is Shang Zhi in Safe Guards. I like that character, too.

TV: Did it occur to you that it would become a hit?

S: When we did the filming we all felt that it was a good script. But it was a small production. We all thought that such a small production would not stir up much interest. But it did become a hit. It’s all due to its good script. Also, the whole cast including Wayne, Gwok Fung, Kara Hui, they all brought their characters alive. However, if the script wasn’t there, then there’s nothing. Even if the actors were gods, but the script is bad and has no pull, then no matter how they (tn: actors) acted and strove to overcome its failings, their efforts wouldn’t do much. Conversely, if the script is good, and with the actors just doing their jobs (tn: without extraordinary effort), it (series) would still turn out fine. However, if the script was good plus the cast put in above-average efforts then it (series) would be all that more extraordinary. But good scripts are hard to come by.

TV: You’ve been in many shows, most of them as protagonist. But in the past, many TVB male leads have acted as antagonists leaving deep impression to the viewers. Have you thought about taking the role of an antagonist?

S: I often requested the company to cast me as a villain. But…. There are different types of villains. Some people seem to be born evil. (smile) This kind is pointless. I want to portray a person with a story. There must be reasons behind his turning evil, unless he’s psychotic. Actually, I would like to take on the role of a psychotic killer, or something similar; like he would randomly kill anyone he sees but stops when he sees a child. The kind of character that will arouse people’s curiosity as to his motive. Actually, it is always been this way: even the most evil person has his/her good side, likewise, a good person has his/her dark side. Anyway, I hope I’ll have an opportunity to take up different roles.

Today’s viewers have become smarter. They know how to separate a character in a series from its actor in real life. Like Susanna Kwan from the recent “The Heart of Greed”- she was outstanding and is now very popular. But she is a villain in that series. Did the viewers hate her - no, because that is only acting. If your portrayal of a villain is not evil enough, then that is not good. If your villain is diabolical, then you don’t have to worry, just let down your guards and go all the way. With the same token, there are also different types of protagonists.

TV: Which of the relationship in all your series left the deepest impression in you?

S: It’s still “Where the Legend Begins” – Cao Zhi and Yan Fu’s relationship. Ada’s portrayal was simply brilliant! In the story, their kind of star-crossed love of two people loving each other but can’t, obstructed as it is by society, family and tradition. Their relationship is halted, but still they love each other. Their hearts, transcending space, are intertwined. There’s a distance between them, but they are connected in spirit. This is very tragic, very tragic but also very moving. And also very real. Actually in our present societies, there still exists such love.

TV: Is it because of its imperfect, tragic love that makes it so memorable to you?

S: Right. People are like that. The more helpless, the more people will savor the “helplessness’. In fact, sometimes when love comes too easily, it loses its appeal. This is what people called, ““犯贱” fan jian” (laugh uproariously) Wants to have a good cry, to experience the heartbreak. When everything comes too easily, something is missing. People will only know pain when fallen, so that next time they will be more careful. If a person has never experienced it or fallen, he/she will regret it when he/she grows old. Life shouldn’t be too perfect.

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