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04/11
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Source: Wenhui Report
Sun Li: Being a perfectionist protects "imperfect freedom"
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  Do good actors have "imperfect freedom"?

  When filming the TV series "Above the Clouds", Sun Li sometimes thoughts flashed through: "Director, why don't we have a fight?" She wanted to hear more requests from Director Hua Jing, hoping that the eyes outside the monitor could capture the imperfect details in front of the monitor, which means improving space and that it means one step closer to the perfect destination.

  "Perfectionism? I may indeed be a bit." Sun Li said, "But I will train myself in many things now and tell myself not to be too perfectionist." She used writing as an example. If she wrote incorrectly on the third line, it doesn't matter, she can continue. The state of mind in the process is very important. "And, the perfection I see in my eyes is not necessarily true perfection. My eyes will also have their own limitations."

  Sincere, clear and dialectical, this dialogue takes place in a face-to-face interview in "Above the Dark Cloud". Sun Li mentioned that she is increasingly inclined to communicate in person, and to experience each other's aura and feelings offline and in the same field. This is a kind of "zero-whitewashing" communication that hides expressions and buffers the first reaction from both ends of the mobile phone. She prefers such sincerity, so she is willing to deliver sincerity. She believes that performance or her work within a larger scope should not be just about completing tasks, but about radiating the energy of life in communication with others.

  More than an hour, it is not so much that this is the actress' monologue, but rather that she gradually regards a perfectionist in conversation with a working woman who is also a post-80s generation.

  self-discipline, self-consistent, self-reflection, and harmony.

  "Don't deify a person"

  On the day of the interview, the drizzle in Shanghai was drizzling, and the wet feeling was somewhat similar to the temperament of "Above the Dark Clouds". To be more precise, what creates the atmosphere is not only the weather environment, but also the memory of the actor himself, Han Qing, who is a criminal policeman in Sun Li's body, is activated.

  She retrieved the sets from more than two years ago, "Many lines involved vehicles. The first time you had to say all the license plates, and the second time you started talking about the code name, 'Silver Small-faced K92'"; she analyzed Han Qing's interrogation method according to the conditions, and as she spoke, she paused rhythmically and smiled, "Are you?", and felt oppressive in her face. The reporter lamented that she had a good memory and reviewed the details. She admitted that she was careful when performing because she liked it, and she spoke in detail during the interview, "Because I made preparations in advance." She said: "Don't deify a person, just like "Conan" Han Qing, that's all fake."

  Han Qing, who was not deified, had weaknesses. In Sun Li's character genealogy, this is the second female policewoman. More than 20 years ago, she officially entered the industry in "Jade Guanyin". The anti-drug police went from clear and innocent to fragmented and displaced, and the proportion of characters and dramas was mostly based on emotions. When it comes to "Above the Cloud", "Han Qing has strong business capabilities, but she has great trauma in personal growth and personal emotions." She just found Zhong Wei who could help her heal her heart, but he disappeared and was forever. She thought at least she still had the love of her sister, but the latter was an illusion. A female policewoman who was so stern and quick when handling the case but whose fate was "desperate", made Sun Li feel distressed and moved.

  Not deifying a character is a respect for the prototype group. Before starting the filming, people who go to the criminal police brigade to experience life. People who fight wits and courage with criminals in daily life told Sun Li that when watching criminal investigation dramas, they dislike Conan-like characters the most. "I feel like I'm in my hands and everything is in my control. That's a detective, not like an individual." Sun Li felt that she needed to find the foundation of the character. She circled the script, reading the script with the criminal police like a case analysis.

  There is a scene in the play. Han Qing wants to get clues from the prisoner who has been in jail for a long time and take his roast chicken to visit the prison with his preference. The old detective gave advice, and the chicken had to remove the bones to prevent him from committing suicide. "There is no magic weapon coming from the sky, the profession comes from the precipitation of time." Sun Li turned around and conveyed the suggestions to the screenwriter. In the film, this pack of roasted chicken with bones became a key move to pry open the mouth of "old fried dough sticks". There are also similarities such as reporting license plates, interrogation skills, and singing with partners. Sun Li did her homework in detail. She also found many documentaries to figure out the every move, posture and eyes of the criminal police in different situations. "It may be reflected in the play only 0.01 seconds, but many 0.01 seconds are accumulated, which is a rigorous and good show."

  At this time, what she has to do is to do her best and strive for excellence on a personal level. For example, there is no shortcut for lines, "If I say proudly that I never memorize the script, you can't believe it." The fact is that in order to erase the traces of "back", she practices every day, reading in front of the mirror and memorizing her blocky memory pattern, "until the makeup artist hears calluses, she can speak to me in the lines." For example, in acting, she thinks that it would be more at ease than "one pass". "The director is the first audience of the actor, and I especially hope that he will see more possibilities of me in the camera."

  "Everyone is a script"

  According to popular sayings, in the entertainment industry that is popular, Sun Li "showed" early. Because of "Jade Guanyin", her acting career was shining with stars in her early twenties. After "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was broadcast, successful roles brought more lasting voice. When the online world is busy using "data", "wind direction" and "reality" to portray stars, Sun Li hopes that she will be closer to something essential.

  "Why are classics forever? No matter how hustle and bustle the world, you still work hard. On the contrary, chasing the wind and changing yourself for a temporary popularity may be unstable." Therefore, she firmly believes that the fate between herself and the script is a "two-way choice" and "like each other". It may be inevitable to miss it, but she will never fall into the black hole of emotions. Listen to what should be heard and release what should be released. "If you determine that it is right, go forward."

  In recent years, actresses' age and acting career have become hot topics. When the topic comes to Sun Li, she is not worried about the worldly clock. "Wow, my daughter is 11 years old this year. Their classmates already have their own aesthetic preferences and dressing styles. I am still competing with them for the word "girl". It seems too naive and unrealistic." Tone and rhetoric are all confirmations of the point of view. Importantly, she immediately added that not liking the label of "girls" does not mean denying oneself, "but I think I am good now."

  This "good" was because she realized that there was a more appropriate expression. Sun Li is not a professional acting career. She has been in the industry for more than 20 years, but she still "stood and accumulates roles little by little"; but at the same time, she also knows that her experience and experience are constantly nourishing each other with the characters she plays. Sometimes it is output, "Good works originate from life, are higher than life, and carry a certain meaning. Zhen Huan, Mi Yue, Zhou Ying, Su Xiao, including Han Qing and Hu Manli in her later "A Good Life", they all have the resilience and persistence of women." Sometimes absorb inward. Real estate agents, construction cost experts, criminal police, and insurance agents, in recent years, she has played various professional women, not for "stamp collection", but sees the complexity of life and the multi-dimensional interweaving of human nature from different aspects, turning into the capital for the next performance.

  Sun Li recognizes the "good" and cares about opening herself more relaxedly. "I can't say anything like "directors have a fight." She was not good at socializing, and even when she encountered confusion on the set, she was used to asking for help from an agent who had been with her for many years: "Help me ask the director, why didn't he talk about me?"

  It was the real life that changed her little by little. "Can you add WeChat to your child's mother?" For the sake of children's social interaction, mothers open the door to active communication. The partner who always has the same frequency also influences each other in time. She and Deng Chao will spend most of the day "battle" how to place two cats who compete for favor at home, and will inadvertently say the same words, hum the same song, and choose the same clothes.

  The "good" she agrees with is even more optimistic and calm that allows the "perfect answer" to be biased.

  Do women must refuse love when they wake up? "That's too extreme. Although women are independent and capable nowadays, even the number of episodes of "lying down" after a love breakup in the script is small. But career, emotions, love and sorrow, I think that if everything is added together, I am a complete person." Is the ambition aligned with "rolling"? "My psychology teacher told me that if you relax, everything will be different." Do public figures have to show their perfect side? "I understand and respect, but I still cast my true self into the real life and extend my 'tennis' to experience it. Sensation is also creativity."

  Therefore, at the moment of rapid operation, Chinese medicine, calligraphy, exercise, playing the violin, breathing, etc., both internal and external practices have become the anchor point of Sun Li's life. If you count it carefully, "I may have more than 20 teachers." When not joining the group, Sun Li feels that a full day is also a day of self-recharge, especially for actors. "I can now stab people with acupuncture in traditional Chinese medicine." This is a variety of skills and multiple ways of acting. Taking the process of getting to know a group of teachers as an improvement in observation, she said, "Everyone is a script."

  It is precisely because of the attitude of reading open scripts that Sun Li today seems to be able to get rid of the constraints of perfectionism. "What can be said is no longer anxiety, because I will definitely have a way."

  In her life, flowers with dewdrops, occasionally written crooked words, their own time without being "disturbed" by their children, and conversations that do not need to be "packaged carefully" by "words and sentences" are all blooming with vitality. They seem to respond to Sun Li: While managing their careers in an orderly and vivid manner, they are quite happy to read their own life scripts. Reporter Wang Yan

[Editor in charge: Susan]