純潔如雪—米雪專訪

As pure as snow – An Interview with Michelle

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    米雪，一個代表理智，原則的名字，過往在無數的訪問裏，她都只談工作，所以在外界印象她是個只愛工作的女人。甚少談及愛情，甚或家人關係。但這一次，她滔滔不絕地訴說過去，現在，未來，才發覺原來她是非常感性的女人，正如她笑說：“我也想糊塗一下，可惜我辦不到”。米雪和她的私人秘書坐下，她便對筆者說：“有關我以往經歷你不必問我，都已經可以寫了！”那一刻才猛然想起，認識了米雪實在不是短日子，超碼八、九年，不過始終並非與她同期出道，她應該入行多久？
    “我想起碼十五年，當時我報讀邵氏無線演員訓練班，畢業後我被選爲到邵氏發展，在邵氏大約一年左右便躒到“佳視”（已倒閉），開始認識怎樣拍電視，第二出劇就是拍《射雕英雄傳》，飾演黃蓉角色，”這個角色令米雪一炮而紅，直到現在爲止，衆多扮俏黃蓉的女星中，許多人仍著推米雪演“俏黃蓉”是最佳人選，因她把這個人物的俏、靈、智都活生生地表達出來。

經歷多個“朝代”
     米雪亦承認《射》是她最得意之作，她說：“我很用心機去演，越演越起勁，而且我記得前輩教導，要演好一個角色，必須把自己投入在角色裏，演黃蓉可以說是嘔心瀝血的結晶品”。雖然她走紅於“佳視”，不過她與“麗的”(亞視)感情緊深，可以說主層面目全非，她卻“桃花依舊”既然她經歷了許多個“朝代”，她又可瞭解爲何“亞視”還沒起色。
      米雪：“我是從麥當雄主政之時加入‘亞視’，沒合約，不過如果可過戲癮我都會演出，其實每個朝代掌政人，不論麥當雄，邱德根，林百欣，梁淑怡，他們都有共同點，是想將這機構搞得有聲有色，只不過所用方式有所不同，例如，麥當雄喜歡拍武俠劇，如《大內群英》《武俠帝女花》，邱生則喜歡搞歷史劇《秦始皇》《武則天》《少女慈禧》令觀衆留下深刻印象，現在林生更加想扭轉劣勢搞好‘亞視’”，接著她謂：“可能‘亞視’風水有問題吧，很坦白‘亞視’一班藝員忠心，雖然有時會呻，但依然好勤力，保證全都是默默工作的一群未獲觀衆留意及欣賞”。

     米雪當年可以用“紅到發紫”來形容，她雖則服務於弱台“佳視”但知名度不遜於“無線”姐級；才十多歲的女孩，忽然成爲觀衆焦點，她可曾飄飄然？
〈叫“米記”更親切〉
     “米記”（行內人對米雪的匿稱）搖搖頭謂：“絕對沒有，可能我受父親影響很深，他是生意人，對每個人都很尊重，我明白到對人必須尊重，加上當時有班共患難的朋友，例如：張敏婷，白彪，羅樂林大家一起捱，不會因我賺錢多便吹捧，而且當時一日五組戲，又沒理會這麽多應酬，在有機會之下，亦未想過與別不同，所以我不贊成人家稱娛樂圈是大染缸，一切由自己控制，何必找籍口爲自己辨說”。行內少甚少稱呼米雪阿姐，反而上至老闆，下至清潔工人，都匿稱她爲“米記”，但不代表人家不尊重她，反而是一份親切感。
    “所謂阿姐，阿哥，只爲一種虛名的，我喜歡別人叫我米記，是否真正‘阿姐’，最緊要是片酬，收入可達到，這才是得益。”筆者想到做藝人最緊要因年齡而作不同階段轉變，尤其對女人，她又可適應由少女轉到有朝一日做人***角色。“做人最要緊是看得通，看得透，就會更開心，沒理由現在要我演十七歲少女吧。我也不可能欺騙自己，年齡的過渡期一定有，起初我確有點不慣，因爲在《廟街豪情》中，要我演江華的母親，我想自己即使不能和他演情侶亦最多演姐弟，突然要我做他的媽咪，真的不能接受，但因爲劇本很好，所以我接受演出，既然試過第一次做人媽咪滋味，我已經可以接受”。
 這十五年的演藝生涯，她的感想如何？
    “我覺得上天算愛我，在演藝的路上我走得不算辛苦，已經擁有很多很多。”

待人處事重原則
    筆者告訴她，她給人一種很理智，絕不會行差踏錯的感覺，她點頭說：“我未夠十歲就已經計劃將來要入娛樂圈，若十年後就要做生意，我和同年紀的人思想很不同，現在所行的每一步，只是我按照計劃而行，我也覺得自己太講原則。”談到她甚少提及的感情世界，米雪笑得特別多，她說：“愛情，其實一向都有，我都想糊塗一點處理，不過愛情是雙方面的，由於我尊重感情，所以才想保留一點私隱。”筆者很少聽到有關米雪的戀聞，但有個名字經常都與她連在一起，但她從不會談，對方便是尹志強，不時有傳她與尹志強已一起生活而且還有一個兒子，對此傳聞她會否很惱呢？
      她淡然說：“我也有聽過這傳聞，的確是傳了很久，對於戀聞上的傳言，我從來不會理會，只有傳我有關工作的問題，若不正確才會惱悔自己。”

傳來傳去都是他
    “爲何傳了這麽久，還是尹志強？”可能未發現我有另一個拍拖物件（傳聞中）吧，不過若然男未娶，女未嫁，與那個拍拖都無所謂，若然結婚之後就要從一而終，現在有Baby對我會是一個包袱，到現在我不單沒想過有孩子，甚至未考慮結婚，一心想著做生意，如果我有了下一代，會全心全意照顧他，哪有時間料理生意？”她笑言已有一仔一女，所以不想再要，而這對子女便是雪梨的，她視爲己出，一樣的疼愛。
     雖然你說拍拖還可以隨時約會其他男士，但拍拖是一種無名份的責任.。“但我仍然喜歡獨來獨往，不用向誰交代自己行蹤，我現時仍只適合過單身生活，未考慮和另一個人一起生活。”米雪到現在還是與家人同住，只要不用應酬，她便回家吃飯，而雪梨及一對子女也住在一塊。“與我最親密的人便是我母親，每天她都打電話問我回不回家吃飯，雖然有時母親會有囉嗦，但我總是想，自己小時也曾令父母帶來不少麻煩，不可能因爲對方老了便嫌棄，所以我從來未想過搬往獨居。”
    關於米雪與尹志強之間，較早前便有周刊報導，報尹志強不幸患上鼻咽癌，幸好經醫生治好並無大礙，報導指米雪在尹志強得病期間日夕相隨，跟出跟入去醫院治療。記者向米雪求證此事時，她卻是斬釘截鐵地說：“沒有這回事，我絕對沒有踏足過醫院半步，我看過這篇報導，根本是胡扯八道，我與尹志強是朋友，得知他有病，電話慰問是當然的事，說我日日陪他去看病，根本不可能，一來我要打理生意和拍電視劇集，連睡覺的時間也不夠，二來我也沒能力可以日夜陪伴他呢？”米雪對此報導力加否認，是否另有內情就只有她才曉得了！
    在娛樂圈這麽多年，她不停掙錢，有朋友取笑她快成“金錢奴隸”她即辯說：“錢不是萬能的卻是可愛的，如果今天我沒有錢，又怎能輔助我達成許多願望？例如，幫人都要自己有能力才可，所以我不怕人說我愛錢。”“米記”除了在星洲開花店做花卉批發生意，在港、星又開了食店，並搞間舞臺製作公司，稱後又向大陸地産，飲食業進軍，這一切，一切都是其賺錢計劃，她未來會放許多時間在生意上。
    筆者發覺米雪和徐小鳳很象似，所說不是相貌，而是他們對家庭的責任，愛情地隨緣，事業的追求都是有相同的看法，惟是米雪外表是女強人樣，徐小鳳則如閑雲野鶴，大家朝著心中目標而行，各自各精彩。

As pure as snow

 ——An Interview with Michelle

Mai Shuet, a symbolic name of sensible and principle. On several interviews back in the past, she often talks about her career, which made others think that she is workaholic, since she rarely talks about her family, and of course romance. However this time round, she relates her past, present and future off the reel. I was stunned to find out that actually she was a woman of geist and receptivity. She talks in a humorous tone, “Sometimes I also want to be careless too, but I failed to do so. Things that concern my past, you needn’t ask me. You may begin your writing now.”  I paused for a minute. I could not recall the years Michelle had been in this entertainment circles.

“I think I had spent about 15 years in this circle. At that time, I was enrolled to Shaw Brothers Training School. After graduating, I was sent to Shaw Brothers Company to work. A year later, I joined CTV, and got to learn how to film. I received my 2^nd series, and that is Legend Of The Condor Heroes. I acted as Wong Yong.” This character not only had brought Michelle fame, but also she was said to be the best choice of casting as Wong Yong, as she had made this character alive to the audience.

Undergone several “eras”

    Michelle admits that LOCH was the only series that satisfied her, in comparison to all her other series. “I’ve paid a lot of attention on this series, and made a lot of effort to study and act this character. I remember there’s a senior teaching me that we have to fling ourselves into the characters that we are playing, in order to have a good result.”  So, Wong Yong was indeed her fruit of labour. Though she became famous at CTV, she has a deep bond with RTV (later named as ATV). Despite the staff was changed tremendously, she still stays well in the circles. She understands why ATV still doesn’t have better results as compare to TVB. She says, “I joined ATV without signing contract when Mai Tong Hung was in-charge of ATV. In spite of several different people-in-charge, they have the same aim – run well and bring fame to the company. Their tactics was different from each other. For example, Mai Tong Hung loves to film sword fighting serial like Dynasty or Princess Cheung Ping, which left viewers a very deep and good impression.” She added, “Maybe it’s due to the fengshui of ATV that had cause the downfall. To be frank, there’s a bunch of ATV members or artistes working very hard and loyal to ATV, but a pity that they were not yet to receive applause from the viewers.

    At those days, Michelle can be said to be very famous. Everyone knows her. Though she works in a small and weak company, CTV, Michelle’s fame could rival those well-known actresses in TVB. Does she ever feel swollen with pride when a girl in her teens suddenly became the center of attraction?

  She shook her head. “Definitely no. It was probably due to my father that affects me a lot. He is a businessman and treated everyone with respect. It gave me a sense that every person should be respected. Besides this, I have a bunch of friends whom we “swore” to undergo trials and tribulation. Our friendship did not end just because I earned more than they are. Furthermore, I had a lot of series to rush, and I find no time to think that I am different from others.”

  “ I totally disagree that others’ statement of entertainment circles being an influencing area. You are the one that can control yourself, so why bothers to find other excuses to conceal?”  Almost everyone in the company regarded her as Mai Gei. (米記). But that does not mean that she was not respected, in fact, this is a kind of genialness. “ That so-called Big Sis or any title is just a reclame. I like to be called Mai Gei, because it gave me a kind of friendliness.”

    The writer supposes that a celebrity had to adjust herself to different kinds of characters due to her age. Especially to the female, how can she accommodate herself from acting as a young girl to the mother of someone else?  “We, human beings have to learn how to look on the bright side. Only this can brighten up our life. There’s no reason for me still acting as a seventeen years-old girl, right? I can’t possibly deceive myself; there must be a transition period. At first, I was not really used to it, especially during The Good Fella From Temple Street, the drama that requires me to act as Kong Wah’s mother. I began to think, why couldn’t we be siblings even though we can’t paired up as lovers? Given my age, how can I be his mother? This is quite ridiculous. However due to the fact that the story was well-written, I accepted it and yearns to try out the taste of being a mother.”

    What is her feeling of going through the fifteen years of acting?  “I really feel that heaven have been doted on me a lot – my years in the entertainment circles hadn’t been tedious.”

Getting along with others and a person with great principle 

    She was told that she gave others an impression that she is a person who is wise enough to make her own decision and the decision made is always the right choice. She nodded, “I’ve planned to enter this circles when I was young and have also planned to do business ten years later. My thinking was different from those who are the same age with me. I’m a person who goes according by planning. That’s why I feel that I am the one that has great principle.

    When it comes to her rarely-talk-about relationship, Michelle will always hang a resplendent smile. She said, “I would like to be meddle-headed while sorting out my relationship thingy. However, love is both-sided and I am a person who valued relationship, so I have to keep some private space too.” We hardly ever heard of Michelle’s romance, however, there’s a name that always associates with her and he was the one that Michelle refuse to talk about – Wan Chi Keung.  There are rumours spreading that she is living with Wan and she even bore him a son. Does this rumour annoy our beauty?

   “I’ve heard this rumours before. It really spreads quite a long time. I did not pay attention and do not bother about such rumours. I would only feel annoyed when I was wrongly written of my working attitude.”

Why always HIM again?

   “Why always Wan Chi Keung again?” Michelle is getting a bit uneasy.

   “Is it because I wasn’t found going out with other guys? Luckily, it doesn’t matter since both parties were not married yet.”

   Marriage is important to woman, but having baby is much more important. “I’ve no intention of having children and marrying. I am very devoted in my career and business now. If I were to have my children, I would have to take a very good care of them, and would find no time in tending my business.” Michelle claimed that she already has two children – one was a boy and another one was a girl. The two children was Shirley’s. Michelle regarded them as her own and doted on them a lot.

  “Though you said that even you were in love, you can also date other guys, however I feel that relationship (love) is a reconditeness of responsibility,” the writer asked.

  “I really enjoy being one as I need not to inform so clearly to another party of my whereabouts. I suit to be single now and I really have no intention to marry.” Even now, Michelle still stays with her family. Shirley and her two children also stay with them too. If there’s no any social intercourse, she will be back home eating with them.

  “The person I’m very close to was my mother. She will always phone me asking me whether I would be back home eating or not. Sometimes she may be quite naggy, but after all she is for my own good. When I was young, I had brought them many worries. I can’t possibly dislike and avoid her just because she is naggy. In addition, I have no intention in moving out.”

    There is a magazine reported that during the time that Wan Chi Keung was diagnosed of nasopharynx cancer, Michelle always accompany him to the hospital for treatment. While the reporters trying to get Michelle’s words, Michelle said, “There are no such things at all. I didn’t even go to the hospital. I have read the report and they are obviously talking craps. Wan and I are good friends. Knowing that he was sick, phoning and condole him is a matter-of-course. Reporting me that I always accompany him to the hospital is absurd. I still have to film and run business. How am I going to fork out the time to be at his side everyday?” Michelle denied.

    After being in the entertainment circles for many years, Michelle tries hard to earn money. Her friends always tease her being a “money-slaves”. She argues back, “Though money is not omnipotent, it is endearing. If I have no money, my long-wishes will not be fulfilled. For example, you need to have the ability before you can help others. Thus, I am not afraid of being said to be money-minded.

    Besides setting up flower wholesale and retailing in Singapore, Michelle also had her other businesses like beverage, musical stage Performance Company, and others setting up. In future time, she will be paying a lot of attention in running these businesses.

    The writer feels that Michelle resembles Paula Tsui, the well-known singer in HK. It is not their appearances that look similar. It is their characters that looks alike– the responsibility towards their family; their views towards love and career. Whatever it is, we sincerely hope that Michelle will do well both in her career and her relationship.