Since entering in the entertainment industry, TVB fadan Selena Li felt that being an artist the most tragic thing is that she doesn’t have any privacy at all. Even when she goes dating she has to consider her image, holding hands is not allowed too, which makes no sense.
Although an artist may appear to be impressive, but behind their face they have to endure bitterness, which cannot be shown to outsiders. Selena, who entered the entertainment industry in 2003, frankly said that the most tragic thing of being an artist is not having freedom at all. Even when dating or other simple things they have to be furtively, it’s seriously “not easy to be an artist”.
Selena felt that the most bitter thing of artists is to sacrifice their private life: “For example dating, we cannot hold hands, cannot walk on the streets. Even when we go dating, we have to consider the surroundings all the time, we have to keep our eyes open for paparazzi. In public places I have to keep reminding myself every moment that I cannot have too much movements and expressions. The worst thing is when I go out with friends or family, we’ll be photographed and then written false things about us. This affects my family and friends, it feels like getting people around me into trouble.”
Being an artist you will not have to sacrifice your private life only, Selena felt that there are too few breaks as well, which is another bitterness of an artist, she said: “Actually I’m a sleepyhead, but being an artist we have to work at an irregular timing, moreover our filming is in a hurry, I often have to overwork at night, sometimes I finish working at midnight but a few hours later I have to start working again. After returning home to shower I’ll have to return for work, I’m not able to sleep at all, my skin became worse!”
Translated by Lizzy @ Selena Li Official