You want to do this for a long time? Don't take these kinds of risks. “Your friends and family are going, ‘Why would you do this? If you do a stunt like this, you could get yourself killed.’ And then you take a step back and you go, ‘OK. “That is when everything implodes around you,” Yeoh says. Recovering in the hospital, she briefly considered giving up acting. She recalls one of the “worst moments” of her career when she fractured several ribs and vertebrae shooting a jump sequence for “The Stunt Woman” (1996). But “Everything Everywhere” was her first time at the top of the call sheet, and her first performance to yield nominations for major awards. This book was brought to us by Pratham and their Storyweaver platform and is produced by the Asia Foundation.In one of her early scenes, Guanyin sagely explains that “dreams can bring great success” and “failure can bring enlightenment.” It’s a maxim that resonates with Yeoh: She worked for decades on action movies and dramas, with featured roles in Hollywood blockbusters “Tomorrow Never Dies” (1997), “Memoirs of a Geisha” (2005) and “Crazy Rich Asians” (2018).

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“I want to,” Chomnan says, “but I want to hear a different story. “Now do you want to hear the story or not?” his father says. “Why does he eat very little?” Chomnan asks. “Dad, why is he as small as a thumb?” “Because he eats very little and grows slowly,” his father says. The youngest child was as small as a thumb…” His father begins: “Once upon a time, a couple working as firewood choppers had seven children.

“Dad, I want to hear a story!” Chomnan says. The next night Chomnan is excited to tell his Dad the story of the Storybook Princess.Īuthor: Prum Kunthearo Illustrator: Seng Visoth Sample Text from The Storybook PrincessĬhomnan is a child who likes listening to stories. He keeps asking questions and breaks the spell. One night he dreams of a Princess, who is under a spell from a witch. In The Storybook Princess, Chomnan likes to listen to stories, but he keeps interrupting with questions.

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