Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh on disrupting Hollywood from martial arts to sci-fi

The Beat with Ari Melber

Ari Melber, MS NOW

Politics, News, Versant Media, Ms Now, Daily News, Versant, Government

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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In this podcast extra, Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh gets personal in discussing her career path, family, disrupting stereotypes and taking risks in this extensive conversation with MSNBC’s Ari Melber for the newest installment of “Mavericks with Ari Melber,” a series of interviews with artists, musicians and cultural icons. See more conversations with artists, musicians and cultural icons at msnbc.com/mavericks. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	You have to double down and not show that you are afraid.
0:06.4	You didn't feel fear.
0:07.6	I didn't feel that kind of fear.
0:09.4	It was like, I have to do this because I want to prove that we women
0:13.8	were not just damsel and distress.
0:15.5	We can do this for ourselves.
0:17.5	Today I'm joined by a true icon.
0:31.0	Let's dig into that.
0:33.0	What?
0:34.0	There's being a maverick.
0:35.0	This song clearly resonates with so many people.
0:38.4	How do you stay true to yourself?
0:47.9	Welcome to Mavericks with Ari Melver.
0:49.3	Today we are joined by the Oscar-nominated Golden Globe
0:52.6	winning actress Michelle.
0:54.8	Yo, thanks for being here.
0:56.4	Thank you for having me.
0:58.0	We could start anywhere.
0:59.6	Let's start with everywhere.
1:01.5	Or everywhere.
1:02.4	And all at once.
1:04.8	But let's start with dance and how that was the first way you,
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