John Lone
John Lone
John Loneis a Hong Kong-born American actor. Lone has played roles as diverse as a caveman in Iceman, Puyi in The Last Emperor, and an apparently female opera performer in M. Butterfly...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth13 October 1952
CountryUnited States of America
ate beijing learned lived money
So, I lived at the Beijing Opera, I ate there, I learned a craft. And the money we made went into the company.
beauty
The beauty of it is when you can just show up and hit the notes.
david preparing
When I was preparing for the film for tree weeks, with David Cronenberg, I had a lady friend come over.
queens drag performers
I wasn't playing a drag queen - I was playing an extraordinary performer.
artist want littles
But I really want to be an artist, so therefore I have to live a little bit like a monk.
winning people film
I am not well educated or bright enough to be politically clued in, but I hope in the film that I'm going to shock a few people, win a lot of people over.
mother father home
I didn't have parents, so I lived in people's homes... And because I grew up with no parental role models, I learned to become my own friend, eventually my own father and my own mother.
art age identity
I grew up with art from the innocent age of ten - with art, but with no sense of identity.
prejudice males female
I have no prejudice against male or female.
continuity
I have not lived so abundantly, full of family, full of continuity and history.
people trying looks
I know people look at me and try to make conclusions about me immediately, based on the obvious, let's say.
mother insecure thinking
I never grew up with a mother's hand - that's why I will forever be insecure, I think, in that primal way.
thinking want sound
I don't want to sound pompous, but I really think your gender doesn't necessarily dominate your sexual activity.
trying
The point I'm trying to make is, I'm really quite neutral. I have not been conditioned.