Creativity comes from the ability to pay attention to society (Xinyu·Make a good voice the strongest voice)

　　Xi Meijuan

　　A film is not a job that can be done by one person, but it is also an art with a very personal style - I once said this when I won the Best Actress Award at the Chinese Film Golden Rooster Award.

The award has a double meaning for me. It is not only the professional recognition from the industry, but also the respect and affirmation of the film workers who have not changed their original intentions and have always adhered to this artistic world in recent years.

　　"Mother!

"This movie is very special. I play a "daughter" who is in her 60s and suffers from Alzheimer's disease.

This role is the richest and most complex performance art practice I have practiced for decades.

What is the "interface" of the "daughter"'s early, middle and late stage disease evolution process?

How to present the state of passive wandering between sobriety and amnesia?

As an actor, I have to approach and have a strong desire to explore this special field.

"Mother!

"Before the filming started, I watched some movies with related themes, read medical books and materials, and touched the tangible or intangible outline of this character step by step.

In half a year, the characters followed me like a shadow.

　　Facing life directly is the key to shaping characters.

Art is not simply copying life. Artists must constantly transfer their cognition and understanding of life to the characters subtly.

As an actor, you have to be a caring person in your daily life, instead of waiting for a specific shooting project to find examples in life.

Keep looking back and reflecting, this is what I often warn and remind myself.

　　In recent years, I have participated in many reality-themed film and television dramas, including "Mom!

", "Meritorious Service", "Together", "Breakout" and so on.

The advantage of realistic themes lies in the fact that events happening in society can be quickly perceived and touched by people through the carrier of literature and art.

The difficulty of creation is that there is no room for sand in realistic themes, because the characters played by the actors and the stories told in the play may happen to everyone.

　　No role is the same, and actors get more nourishment in the process of shaping a good role.

The historical drama "The Long River under Heaven" which I participated in was broadcast on Mango TV not long ago, in which I played the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang.

Sometimes, you have to try to figure out the character from both positive and negative sides, so that the character you create will be richer, fuller, flesh and blood, and the audience will not think that the actor is simply expressing the character.

　　The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to adhere to the people-centered creative orientation and launch more excellent works that enhance the spiritual strength of the people.

In recent years, the main theme film and television works have aimed a large number of shots at ordinary people, regardless of "Mom!

Feng Jizhen in "Together", Zhang Minhua in "Together", or Cheng Duanyang in "Breakout", I played many small characters, but they are all part of the most down-to-earth people.

The little people in the big era are very ordinary, but the connotation and value conveyed are not small.

Caring about the empathy of ordinary people and conveying a positive attitude towards life is also an important aspect of adhering to the people-centered creative orientation.

　　For literary and art workers working on the front line of artistic creation, whether they are screenwriters, directors, or actors, full and fresh creativity is a steady stream of vitality.

Where does creativity come from?

Art creation is not divided by age, but comes from a keen perception of daily life, the ability to always pay attention to the society in which it lives, and solid professional basic skills.

I think that the driving force behind creation should come from this.

　　(The author is a first-class actor at the Shanghai Dramatic Art Center, interviewed by our reporter Chen Yuanyuan)

　　"People's Daily" (10th edition on December 19, 2022)