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Live once more - Anita
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[Marie Claire] July 2001
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19 years ago,
Anita Mui of 19, in a set of gold color dancing suit, long curly hair,
performed on stage "Blow, blow, blow, let the wind continue to
blow...], in her low voice, she won the champion of the 1st New Singers
Contest. At that time, some people said she was Paula Tsui the
Second; some people commented that she was ugly. However, she has
been popular for the 80s, 90s, she is [Heavenly Queen and Super Star], the
Best Actress, [Big Sister]. Looking back those years, she said
unexpectedly if she had a choice, she would not like to be a singer. Wish:
If now we have a little fairy, and allow her to make a wish, what does
Anita Mui want? [I
want to go back to my teenage. I want go back to school, I want to
choose my career, and I want to get married early. I want to be
another person, with wisdom, and talent. To be good in studying and
to be sensible. To be entirely opposite from now. I'm
not rational, very moody, most of the artists are like this. If I
have a choice, I don't want to be an artist. I would choose to
be......to keep discipline for the society, ha! Be a policeman, of a
high ranking one, best to be superintendent (?警司?);
or be a lawyer, but have to choose the case, only for the purpose of righteousness.]
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Her reply
seems that she is full of regrets.
She
started performing on stage at 6, was called by others as [singing girl], pnly
had little schooling, all these made her feel very inferior. After being
super star, romance one after the other, none would say she is not sincere, not
involved with sentiments. But, none of the romance was fruitful.
The
greatest price paid for the success in her career is the blankness in
sentiments.
[I
understand the rule of the game very well, there is gain then there must be
losses. Because I am so and so, I have to suffer loss in
sentiments. Looking back at happenings of those days, I realize all were
inevitable. One day I am Anita Mui, I am Anita Mui for life; To find a job
that knows you, to find a person who understands you all, very difficult.
I myself have to take things easy.] She laughed, and seemingly very
relaxed.
[For
love life, be together and then parted, come and go, have or not have, just like
that. But just to give up like that? No, I will never give up, and
never.] The final love for Anita Mui, is what she herself and all people
care about, as long as she herself is not discouraged, all people will continue
to give her blessings.
Solitude
- no love life, no fate with her relatives, all by herself day and night,
does Anita Mui feel lonely?
[I
never feel lonely.] She was very serious, for all these years [ I get some
friendship that could not be bought by money] that is what she treasures most.
[My
friends, maybe we don't see each other often, but when I need them most, or when
I'm not happy, or at certain time, they would appear automatically. I
won't feel lonely, this is most important. If during difficult time,
only you are left alone in this world, then it is real suffering.]
People
notice that Anita Mui's old friends are those so called "9 Dragon
Girls" such Sandra Ng, Carina Lau, Maggie Cheung and etc, business partners
such as Alan Tam, Eric Ching, Ah Nat, also Eddie Lau being
"teacher + friend"... so many, but which of them are real good friends
with true feelings in time of adversity? She doesn't like to comment on
that.
[There
are friends within this circle, and friends outside this circle. Don't
like to tell the name, they might get jealous of each other. Name a few
and leave out a few, not so good, don't like to have misunderstanding.]
Very cautious Anita Mui.
Gain
- At the Singing Contest, David Lai asked her how long she had been
singing, she replied [More than 10 years], he was shocked.
On
the stage, Anita Mui sobbed with tears not only once, very emotional. She
sings not only for money.
She
has fame with status and is rich. Looking back from where she started, she
is most proud that she has made every cent by her own effort and hard work.
[After
finished the first concert, when buying the first house, I really felt very
proud. Never thought it would ever come true. but slowly
realized. The feeling of satisfaction...] beyond words of
description. A feeling that can't be described, is like this.
Anita
Mui became a Buddhist 7 years ago, religious belief gives her great inspiration:
[Life is short, all you own today is not real. When you leave you can't
bring them along, the only thing you can bring along is memories.
Therefore when you do anything, when you are happy, then you should try
heartily. Should enjoy the process of doing everything . No matter
how difficult it is, happy or not, but it is the process that will be the memory
for the future.]
Performing
Arts - 10 years ago, she was "grasped" to sing Dr. IQ, she was
full of resistance: [Being an adult, very afraid to mimic a child. The
voice like a duck.]
[I
tried to sing with my own voice, but David Lai said not that feel, he wanted me
to mimic a little kid. After I finished singing, I left right away, didn't
bother to listen to my recording.] She said now she won't mind anymore,
anyway it is song for children, just for fun.
From
[Heart Debt], [Bad Girl], [Years flow like water]...... till [I'm happy],
countless songs, and numerous films, which are her most favorites?
[I
like some of them, but the most loved ones are still to come. I like
"Sunset Song", "Love Once Crazily", "Summer
Lover", because at the time when I was singing those songs, I was in
a certain mood, felt very matching. People might not have that feeling
when listening to them, but when I sing them, I feel touched.
How
about films, the relatively satisfactory ones are "Justice My Foot",
"A Better Tomorrow III", "Rough".
Now
when Anita Mui accepts any role for a film, she will ask: [What is the meaning
of filming?]
[Some
for money, some says filming is his dream. As for myself, I hope to
try different roles, because film is a miniature of our life, it is a dream, it
can't be materialized in real life, but in the film you get the
satisfaction. I like to dream, that is why I like to work for films.]
Her new
film "Midnight Fly" is about the fortuitous encounter of a woman
seeking outlets of her sentiment when wandering in Morocco.
Audience have expectation, when she read the script she had expectation too, but
after she accepted this film, she has suffered 2 months of miserable life,
because she couldn't eat well, sleep well, also she fell sick.
She
acted as the wife of a medical doctor, with a stubborn character. She
said: [From the angle of a woman, her husband thinks she is too strong, so their
relation is not so good. Being a woman, better not to be too strong.]
In
the circle, men usually comments that Ah Mui actually is a very weak
little woman, looks like it is true.
Always
feel that Anita Mui is very cool, but there is time she is very naughty.
When the photographer asked her to kneel on the sofa, to give a wild pose, she
laughed happily: [Wow! Leopold of the Night!] humming the song at the same
time. Then the photographer wanted her to support her body with both hands
: [Just like a dog!], then [Wang! Wang! Wang!] barked three times. Such a
lively Anita Mui, can't be seen very often.
《marie claire》 七月號
2001年7月
再活一次 梅艷芳
十九年前，十九歲的梅艷芳，穿一襲金色舞衣，披著長卷髮，在台上唱「吹呀吹，讓這風吹......」，以滄桑低沉的嗓音，嬴了第一屆新秀冠軍。那時候，有人說她是徐小鳳第二，有人嫌她太醜。結果，梅艷芳紅透了八、九十年代，是「天皇巨星」，是影后，是「大姐大」。回看似水流年，她竟然說，可以選擇的話，她不做歌星。
願望
－ 如果現在來了個小神仙，讓她許一個願望，梅艷芳要甚麼？
「我要回到十多歲，我想重新讀書、重新選擇我的職業，我想早點嫁人。我想做另一個人，有智慧、有talent，讀書很叻，很理智，跟現在的我剛好相反。我不理智，很情緒化，做artist大多是這樣，可以再選的話，我不會做artist。我會選擇做......維持社會秩序，哈！做女警，要做高級的，最好做女警司；或者當律師，打官司要選case，伸張正義那種。」
一段話，全是痛處。
六歲開始登台歌唱，被喚作「歌女」，讀書少，這些都曾經讓她自卑過。當了紅歌星，虛虛實實的情緣一次又一次，誰也不能說梅艷芳不真心，不用情，但是，就是沒有開花結果的一天。
感情空白，是事業成功的最大代價。
「我很明白遊戲規則，有得必有失。因為我是某某人，所以令我失去感情上的東西，事情過去了，再回頭看，就會覺得那都是很必然的。你一日是梅艷芳，一世都是梅艷芳，擺脫不了；要找一個明白你的工作、明白你一切的人，很難。自己要看得開囉。」她笑了，很釋然似的。
「很多感情的離離合合、來來回回、有有無無，都不過如此。但難道就此放棄嗎？不會！我是永不言棄，永不放棄的。」梅艷芳的感情依歸，是她自己和所有人最關心的事，只要她不氣餒，其他人一定會繼續祝福。
孤獨
－
愛情留白，與親人又那麼沒緣份，早起夜寢都是一個人，梅艷芳孤獨嗎？
「我總不會感到孤獨。」她說得很認真，這些年來，「得到一些有錢都買不到的友情」，是她此刻最珍惜的。
「我的朋友，可能很少見面，但當我最需要他們的時候，不開心的時候，在某些時刻，他們會自動出現。我不會感到孤獨，這很重要，要是辛苦時全世界只剩你一個，就很難捱。」
梅艷芳的老友，外人看見的是，從前合稱「九龍女」的吳君如、劉嘉玲、張曼玉等等，至現在一起做生意的譚詠麟、曾志偉、陳伯祥，還有「亦師亦友」的劉培基......那麼多，她所說患難見真情的好友是哪些？這個問題，她不願意答。
「有圈外人，有圈中人，不想講名字，朋友之間可能也有jealous，講了幾個漏掉幾個就不好，不想有誤會。」好不小心又省力的梅艷芳。
得到
－
參加新秀時，黎小田問她唱歌多久了，她說「十幾年」，嚇他一跳。
今年梅艷芳三十八歲，歌齡三十多年，「歌女」變「天后」，她得到了甚麼？
「得到了......小時候的夢想，在舞台上，十幾萬人圍住你，聽你唱歌，有一個好大好大屬於自己的舞台，得到了掌聲；得到生活上的需要。」
梅艷芳不止一次在舞台上灑淚，那麼動情，她唱歌不只是為了賣票換鈔票。
名成利就，回首來時路，她最感自豪的是，一分一亳全靠自己的努力掙來。
「做完第一個演唱會、買第一間屋的時候，感到很自豪。從來沒有想過真的能夠實現的事，慢慢地實現了，那種滿足感......」找不到形容詞。不能言傳的感覺，就是這樣了。
梅艷芳七年前皈依佛教，信仰給了她莫大啟示：「生命很短暫，你今天得到的一切，都不是實在的，走的時候都不能帶走，唯一可以帶走的是回憶，所以每做一件事，開心的時候，都要盡情。應該enjoy做每一件事的過程，無論是辛苦也好，開心也好，都是一個過程，是以後的回憶。」
演藝
－ 十多年前，被抓去唱《IQ博士》，她很抗拒：「很怕大人扮路仔！聲音活像一隻鴨。」
「我嘗試用自己的聲音唱，但黎小田說不是那個feel，要我扮小朋友，我唱完之後連聽都不聽就走了。」她說現在倒沒所謂了，反正是兒歌，玩而已。
從《心債》、《壞女孩》、《似水流年》．．．．一直到《我很快樂》，數不清的歌、還有歷年來數不清的電影，最愛是哪些。
「有喜歡的，但最愛的仍在末來。我喜歡《夕陽之歌》、《痴痴愛一次》、《夏日戀人》，因為唱的時候，剛好有某種心態，覺得好match，外面的人聽起來可能不是那種感覺，但我自己唱的時候會感動。」
電影呢，稍為滿意的是《審死官》、《夕陽之歌》、《胭脂扣》。
現在的梅艷芳拍電影，會問：「拍戲的意義是甚麼？」
「有人拍戲只為賺錢，有人說電影是他的夢。我自己呢，希望嘗試不同角色，因為電影是人生的縮影，是一個夢，現實生活中做不到的，在電影中可以滿足。我是喜歡發夢的人，所以我覺得電影好玩。」
新作《慌心假期》，講一個女人為尋找感情出路，流浪摩洛哥的奇遇。觀眾有期望，她自己看劇本時也有期望，但接拍之後卻嘗了兩個月「非人生活」，因為吃不好、睡不寧，還生病了。
她演的是一個醫生太太，性格倔強。她說：「從女人角度看，她丈夫覺得她太強，所以演變成感情冷淡。女人，最好別太逞強。」
圈中男人常說阿梅其實是個柔弱小女人，似乎是真的。
後記
－以為梅艷芳很酷，原來也有頑皮的時候。攝影師要她跪在沙發上，擺個野性「甫士」，她哈哈大笑：「嘩！黑夜的豹！」還哼了兩句歌。而後，攝影師要她用雙手撐起身體：「Just
like a dog！」兼且「汪！汪！汪！」的吠了三聲。這麼活潑的梅艷芳，很少見吧？
