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...Ng has been surprised by Harvard's response to her presence here. She did not expect the "random e-mail," the knocks on the door at 2:30 in the morning, and the letter to "Norma Knows" soliciting advice on how to ask out a certain Harvard movie actress. (Her mother told her the letter-writer sounded "psycho.") One night at an event held at the Sheraton Commander, she was barraged by hordes of curious partygoers. "I had to run to the bathroom to hide," she said...
...Fortunately, I don't really look like I do in the movie, so people don't usually recognize me," Ng added. "Some people say that I look vaguely familiar. But I have some friends who saw the movie, but didn't even know...
Before "The Joy Luck Club," Ng played a small role in Oliver Stone's "Heaven and Earth," and sang in an opera cleverly titled "All My Children." She was discovered at a local beauty contest, and landed a commercial and the contract for "Heaven and Earth" shortly thereafter. These roles ultimately paved the way to "The Joy Luck Club...
...Ng looks back with nostalgia on the role of young Lindo. "It was a great role--there was a lot to memorize, and I had to be crazy and neurotic all day, but if fit me because I'm hyper and it's easy for me to be that way. It was challenging, though, to have to cry--I had to force myself...
...Although Ng has put her acting career on hold to pursue academia, she still converses regularly with her manager and agent, and has to be prepared to "fly out at a moment's notice." Ng said that it is becoming increasingly difficult for Asian actors to find jobs, especially since the movie industry is being inundated by Asian-motif films...