Zoe Tay’s words of wisdom at age 50
SINGAPORE: Proving that age is only a number, Singapore veteran actress Zoe Tay celebrated her big 5-0 in style with friends and colleagues on Wednesday dark (Jan 3), a calendar week earlier her actual altogether.
Tay, dubbed the undisputed queen of local amusement, was surrounded by a modest group of Mediacorp'due south A-listers past and present who were all on hand to gloat television's iconic "Ah Jie" (big sister). Amid those on the guest list were Aileen Tan, Pan Ling Ling, Chen Xiuhuan, Bryan Wong, Chen Shu Cheng and Zhu Hou Ren, alongside next-generation stars Desmond Tan, Felicia Chin, Romeo Tan and Rebecca Lim.
While many actresses from the 1980s and 1990s have retreated from the spotlight over the years, the model-turned-actress, who won the first Star Search talent competition in 1988, has consistently stood the test of fourth dimension, both in style and substance.
Was it as effortless as Tay has made information technology look over the years? Here are some life lessons from the older, wiser, simply however fabulous Zoe Tay - including how to survive a cut-throat amusement industry, celebrity friendships and friction match-making her son with an A-list Mediacorp star.
ON PERSEVERING DESPITE DOUBT
"That xx-yr-sometime daughter had no thought what she was getting herself into when she joined Star Search in 1988. I really joined the competition only because some friends told me it was a good way to further my modelling career and expand my opportunities. Then when I really won the Star Search, I started to panic. What was I supposed to do with a 3-year interim contract?
During the start year, I was then depressed considering I felt that I didn't have any results to show, nor did I perform well compared to the other contestants. I was so down, I wanted to enquire my boss to transfer me to another department to exist an assistant producer. I was quite the adolescent girl that was always running about and I thought that would take suited me ameliorate. Merely the bosses disagreed and wait what happened."
ON THE ADVICE SHE'D Give HER 20-Twelvemonth-One-time Cocky
"Go on it existent. Be yourself. Acquire from your mistakes. You should non give upward and be happy with whatever chances given to you. You may not be the best all the time, but you should give it a hundred per cent. I know information technology'southward very tiring and difficult. And it even gets depressing sometimes. Merely you have to believe that after today, tomorrow will be better. Yous may not get the best roles, neither will yous (always) get the jobs you want to do. Just that is the process that volition make you lot get a amend you."
ON Existence A STRICT But FUN MUM
"I'm 70 per cent strict mum and 30 per cent crazy mother."
ON THE Blazon OF GIRL SHE WOULD Like HER SON TO DATE
"I was chatting with my eldest son - who is a teenager now - about the blazon of girl he looks for in a girlfriend. I suggested examples like Aunty Ling Ling (actress Pan Ling Ling) or Aunty Vivian (host Vivian Lai) - both friends that my kids know well. He replied, 'Ugh! You've got to be kidding!' When I suggested myself, his reply was 'Mummy? No way!'
So I asked him: 'How well-nigh Rebecca (Lim)?' and he immediately nodded his head with a smile. And that's when I told him: 'Good taste, mummy also approves!'"
ON Not HAVING REGRETS
"Even though I started having a relationship and family much afterward in life, I found the right human and have three lovely kids and so no, there are no regrets. Although it'southward a chip tiring to take intendance of them at this age. My kids are mischievous … and I'm still running around after them!"
ON LASTING FRIENDSHIPS IN THE Amusement Industry
"(Over the years), I've learnt that not all friendships are lasting. And that y'all cannot force people to be friends with yous. Chemistry and communication betwixt friends are very important. Because of my task, I don't really have fourth dimension to make a lot of friends so almost of them are from the industry. And I'm very lucky to have met and made a lot of skillful friends here. I observe that to keep friendships strong and lasting, respect and confidentiality are virtually important."
ON ADVICE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF LOCAL ACTORS
"I would say that there were a lot of things in my life that were very unpredictable. I realised that if you never try, y'all never know. And so my advice is - don't always say no."
ON THE NEXT Fifty YEARS
"I'll be enjoying (them), that's my wish! I'k really looking forward (to what comes next). It's not the cease, y'all know. I've been in this industry for 30 years and I feel that I've not tried a lot of other dissimilar roles. I'm open up to trying whatever role."
Source: https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/cna-lifestyle/zoe-tays-words-wisdom-age-50-238086
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