Moses Chan: “I’m Apprehensive About the Future”
When Moses Chan (陳豪) first stepped into the modeling business at 20 years old, he was still studying for an accounting degree at an university in Australia. He was unsure of where his future would take him, and 20 years later, Moses still feels this insecurity for his future. He may be afraid and worried for the inevitable, but he is ready to accept that fear of the unexpected. “I am planning [for the future]… I can’t say what I have in my mind right now, but I am planning.”
On His Career
Before debuting as an actor, Moses tried modeling, worked in sales, and has even experienced bankruptcy. Acting was a career that Moses never thought he would take up until he was scouted by a Hong Kong modeling agency in the early 1990s.
In 1994, Moses debuted in Teddy Chan’s (陳德森) romantic comedy, Twenty Something <晚9朝5>, starring alongside Jordan Chan (陳小春) and Valerie Chow (周嘉玲). After failing to make a name for himself in movies, he decided to join TVB, and Moses made his first television drama appearance on medical drama, Healing Hands II <妙手仁心II>, in 2000. His role as Cao Pi in 2002’s Where the Legend Begins <洛神> won him his first award as an actor – the Most Improved Actor award, which pushed him to early stardom. His role as Hung Mo in 2004’s War and Beauty <金枝慾孽> cemented his leading actor status, and in 2007, Moses finally won the Best Actor award for his performance in Heart of Greed <溏心風暴>.
Now a Best Actor, it seems Moses has already achieved everything that he had hoped to achieve twenty years ago. But the 42-year-old actor still feels very apprehensive about his future.
“I used to always think about [the future]. I once thought about how I would get married by the time I’m in my thirties and have kids when I’m 35, but none of that ever came true. So I’ve become more pragmatic, especially now. I am afraid for my future, and worried, because I am also growing older. What would I be doing in the remaining days of my life? Would I be still acting or would I be just a dilly-dally loner? What would happen if I was married? How would my life be afterwards? I really need to start planning [for the future] now.”
On His Costars
Moses cannot guarantee that he will stay in showbiz forever, but acting was a career that he gladly took up. He enjoys the process of working in a large team of colleagues, and some of his favorite female costars, Charmaine Sheh (佘詩曼) and Ada Choi (蔡少芬) immediately popped on the top of his head.
“Although Ada has become a mother, she is still the same clutzy and silly girl in my heart. She is silly, happy, and has always been like that. She hasn’t changed at all. [Charmaine’s] acting is improving immensely, and her performances are becoming deeper and more profound. She is – and I’m sure everyone else also agress – someone who can party to a very late hour but will never be late to work the next day. She is a very professional actress.”
On Aimee Chan
Moses met his current girlfriend, Aimee Chan (陳茵媺), on the set of Master of Play <心戰> in late 2010. Aimee portrayed Natalie, the younger sister of Moses’ character Ivan, who is a serial killer. Contrary to popular belief, it was not love at first sight for Moses.
“It took a while, as if heaven had already arranged for us to meet, and they were just waiting for us to slowly walk towards each other. After that, [we] just naturally came together.” What made Moses fall for the Canadian-born Miss Hong Kong actress? “She is very innocent, and always so happy and sunny. Always. She is romantic and very sweet.”
Is Moses a romantic man himself? “I always give [Aimee] flowers. I think girls are really appreciative of them. The first flower [bouquet] I gave her was a genus from France. I chose it myself. It was an embarrassing experience, having to purchase the bouquet myself and then hold it awkwardly on the streets. I really don’t know if anyone recognized me. I just kept a straight face and walked out of [the shopping center] as fast as I could,” Moses laughed.
“If you really like that person, it is better to confess your feelings. You will only suffer if you keep these feelings inside you. For me, I did not find it difficult to confess, nor was I worried about what her reaction would be after I say it. I just didn’t know when would be the right moment to confess. I just waited, and waited… and kept on waiting for that moment.”
On “Beauty at War”
Despite the anticipation for Beauty at War <金枝慾孽貳>, the sequel to War and Beauty, viewership ratings for the palace drama are plummeting, losing an average of 100,000 viewers per week. But that does not constitute poor acting, poor script, and poor production. Critics are rating the series favorably, with the cast also very supportive of the series.
“It’s not a conventional palace drama. Producer Jonathan Chik (戚其義) wanted to make something different in this palace drama. It’s not about fighting for power anymore. It’s about love between the characters and for the characters. Elements of kunqu performances are also added to make the show more stylish and interesting.”
On His Future
“Honestly, I do lack that sense of security for myself. I feel the risks, and it’s getting heavier. My future is uncertain, and I am growing more afraid of it. Many [artists] do not want to stop their hands and mouths from working. How would we be able to survive if we stopped? If I stopped acting, what would I do? If I married, what would I do? That’s why I have always wanted to start my own businesses, like starting my own café, to tell myself that I do have a future.”
The Best Actor winner also hinted at a possible early retirement from acting in the near future, reasoning that he did not want acting to consume the rest of his life. “I’ve acted for many years; I really don’t want it to control my life. I still have many dreams and have many others things I want to do. I don’t want to wait until I’m 50 or 60 to achieve them. By then, we would not have the strength to face failure. Now, since I am capable and I have all the resources, I should consider working towards my own dreams.”
And with this thought, Moses agreed that marriage will not be in the distant future, but much sooner than we may all realize. Will Moses consider marrying Aimee in the next two years? Moses nodded.
Source: QQ.com
This article is written by Addy for JayneStars.com.
“I always give [Aimee] flowers”
what a sweetheart
Yes, my heart melt a little after reading that. Sweet, true gentleman who can make good coffee, is that perfection? Most men have a lot to live up to, maybe Moses can start a course to train other men… 😉
“moses is perfect! he gives flowers to aimee! he makes coffee for aimee! he always blush when asked about aimee! he praises aimee sweetly in front of everyone! how perfect! ”
good. now go get married fast so that no need to have these two’s news almost every single day, non stop promotion.
Moses and Aimee (especially Moses) seem so happy after they have gotten together. They are a sweet couple. Wish them the best.
Wow! how sweet Moses talks about his love for Aimee….not many artists willing to talk about the other half openly..is this news true…if real wish them happy…
Awe
I was never really feeling this couple because I LOVED Moses and Bernice.
Seriously get over it please… As a disclaimer…
I’m a fan of Bernice, and massive critic of Aimee.
get over it. moses didn’t do anything to help clear bernice name at all when she was lambasted wrongly by media at the most critical time of her life where she also having a major surgery. so the guy is happy, fine but don’t bother about him and bernice anymore.
You are an angry person, aren’t you?
Your comments in Bosco, Raymond and now this article. Lol!
@sel_fi_wu: Why do you always think the guys are the ones who did something wrong? You really need to understand that when a relationship doesn’t work out, both parties share the responsibility. He must have had his reasons for his silence, so perhaps people could try to respect that? Sometimes speaking up could make things worse. Also, her having surgery (or not) has no relevance and shouldn’t be used as a reason for Moses to speak to the media.
@Sel_fi_wu,
Boy, you have the nerve to say “get over it”?? IF that is the case, then you need to follow your own advice because you go on and on about Bosco and Myolie’s break up and blame Bosco for it. Why do you always have to blame the guy for everything??? Are you a feminist or someone who is anti-male??? As Mt said, when a relationship does not work out, both parties are responsible usually. In the relationships that I have seen not working out, it was more of the girls’ fault because they were too demanding and possessive. But sadly, ypu may too blind to see that and always blame the guy no matter what.
Selfiewu is really crazy. I think she is a deranged woman who was hurt by men very badly. I womt even say shes a fan of myolie. Shes just using myolie to bash men.
If you go to her weibo, she always tags myolie in all her posts scolding bosco and everyone, and even aaron kwok, and she keeps @myolie + @lynn xiong about every thing.
If you are a fan of myolie, wont you want her to be happy, and not keep bringing up the past and reminding her about the hurt? Yet she does it nonstop.
Like a raymond fan wont keep bringing up mavis pan to him? Haha, def not a fan
nicole, do you have a link?
Try searching for 杏杏lurve or something like that.
nicole,
how do you know it’s sel_fi_wu?
Once selfiewu posted a weibo link on jaynestars, about how its proof that bosco cheated, and on that link, a crazy 杏杏lurve, keep screaming about how bosco is ***** or something similar, and if you look at her weibo, 杏杏lurve only speaks english, amd how she loves kenneth ma (like selfiwu), etc.
While it may be true that speaking out could have, and I stress could have, made things worse, what matters is the thought and attempt. I agree with sel_fi_wu that Moses should have said something to help Bernice when she was going through such a difficult time. Also,the surgery is relevant because it meant that Bernice was not healthy enough to be dealing with all of that. She should have gotten rest instead of being bashed.
@HeTieShou I agree with you that sel_fi_wu should probably move on from the Boscolie breakup, but your sexual stereotyping of women is completely unacceptable. Sure, some of the women you met might have been “too demanding and possessive” but that does not mean she is more responsible for the breakup. As you agreed with Mt that “both parties are responsible usually”, you should really mean it instead of blaming in on the women’s part. Before you suggest that sel_fi_wu is a hypocrite, examine yourself first and be mindful of your words.
Victoria,
If you read my posts carefully, I said that in SOME of the relationships that I have seen, so it does NOT apply to everyone and every case. There is of course one that is more at fault than the other and in some cases, it is not one sided and it is mutual, etc.. Basically, it varies but I was just saying in some particular cases that I know of. In general, both are responsible but in many cases one is clearly more responsible in some cases but it varies. Therefore, no need for you to attack me and I don’t want to always blame the man or the woman.
“Moses met his current girlfriend, Aimee Chan (陳茵媺), on the set of Master of Play in late 2010. ”
I always thought it was before that. Wow, that’s not that long ago.
I agree that Moses met Aimee on the set of “Master of Play”. He was very unhappy at that time after being dumped by Bernice Liu.
Very happy for him and Aimee
get your facts right. moses and bernice broke in 2008. and he they maintain a happy partner image until 3 years later when media start writing about bernice. only that’s when moses start to look down and puppy eyed.
so what, bernice and moses are history. guve bernice a break.
myolie and bosco are ALSO history. you should give THEM BOTH A BREAK
Perhaps giving Bernice a break would be like stop commenting abt her in Moses/Aimee articles, especially when she is not mentioned at all.
To be fair, don’t blame everything that happened to Bernice on Moses. She made bad career choices (attempt to break into movie/Hollywood) and when she came back unsuccessfully, she is still happily latching on couple rumors with Moses, in order to maintain popularity and earn money. In midst of that she went on dates with tycoons (some which are documented by paps, such as the yacht date). Moses defended her, well prior to Alistair affair that is. It was until Bernice was caught on dates with Alistair and it was so obvious she wanted to go public with him, that she doesn’t expect such serious backlash from public. So now it’s Moses sole responsibility to clean up the mess?
It’s not like you know all of the facts Sel_Fi_Wu so stop telling others this and that…
I don’t understand why each time there is an article on Moses/Aimee, you will always bring up Bernice. Must you?
I’m sure fans of Moses and Bernice have gotten over it. It’s time you should too, even more so when you are not a fan of all three of them (have seen you mention before but do correct me if I’m wrong).
Agree with u SehSeh!
Totally agree with you!!!
I blamed Moses too before but after a second thought, they-Two of them, Moses and Bernice AGREED to ACT as couples as joint appearance fees is higher!
Thus, yup, on this hand Bernice AGREED to ACT as Moses gf but on the other hand went out dates with that FATSO! Got caught severally by the paparazi and Bernice is all smiling!
And it’s hillarious when she said she is disappointed with Moses for not stepping out to clear her name.
Come out to DEFENSE her? WHO IS SHE?
JUST AN EX THAT AGREED TO ACT AS A COUPLE TO GET PAID HIGHER APPEARANCE FEES!!
Actually if they had a black and white agreement, Moses should have sue her for breaking the rules! Hahas!
how do you know they “agreed” to “act” as a couple team for higher fees?
she has a right to be disappointed, even if they aren’t an actual couple anymore, as a friend? as a colleague? an associate?
@Rainbow
How do I know?!!
HARLO!! Please go search online the article that she got interviewed after her surgery!
BERNICE-HERSELF ADMIT IT unless the reporter is writing up stories!
Defend her?! What to defend?! She went out dates with that rich fatso and got caught several times by the paparazi and she is all smiling on those pictures!
In some interviews, she herself even hinted that rich fatso is her dream man till of course that fatso kicked her off when he realised she is just eyeing his $$$
i want to know what he thinks of sheren.
How was he in the modeling industry? He doesn’t look handsome at all…in my opinion.
You hit to the point!!! I give you 10+
Modeling agencies seem to go for models who can sell products (not just a pretty face). Maybe they have the ability to make clothes look good (or whatever). Moses has the height, the jawline/bone structure, the manly look, etc.
Moses mustn’t worry about what will happen if he gets married, or what his future will be like, or should he continue acting, etc. As always man has an innate ability to take care of things when it comes except we must be contented if we have tried our best.