Actress, style icon and aspiring DJ, Hannah Quinlivan doesn’t associate the word “juggle” with being a mother, wife and career woman – she says one can play all three characters while enjoying being herself 


Earlier this year, Nezha (The Race) was released. How was filming a movie that your husband, Jay Chou produced?

Well, he didn&rsquo;t really come to set, so we didn&rsquo;t physically work together on set &ndash; it wasn&rsquo;t too hard because he was more behind the scenes. It was more through the director, and it was a very happy experience filming. The character was really cool &ndash; fearless and with her own dreams that she held on to very tightly and didn&rsquo;t want to give up on. It was a really good experience.

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What will you be busy with in the next half of the year?

Doing a number of self-tape castings for different movies. Looking forward to the next half of the year. Most of the time, I&rsquo;m spending time with my family.

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Who are some of your role models?

Coco Chanel for creating Chanel and her business &ndash; and for her creative mind and her lifestyle. It&rsquo;s kind of hard to describe why &ndash; she&rsquo;s my role model in many ways. And Meryl Streep. Whatever she acts in, she puts herself into it. You feel that she&rsquo;s the person in the movie. I hope one day I can do that as well. It&rsquo;s very enjoyable seeing her do different characters, and if she&rsquo;s in a film, I&rsquo;d be very confident that it&rsquo;s going to be a very good movie.

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What&rsquo;s your mantra when it comes to juggling being a mother, wife and career woman?

Well, I don&rsquo;t think we have to really juggle &ndash; what I mean is: you can be yourself at the same time. You&rsquo;re being these three characters in your life, and you cannot really pull them apart &ndash; you are you, and you are different. They are all part of you and they will never be in an equal line &ndash; you just have to try your best when you are playing a character, and do what you can. Put yourself at a comfortable place where you won&rsquo;t be too stressed, and at the same time, enjoy being you.

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What are your secrets to staying happy in a time where we can&rsquo;t travel?

It&rsquo;s actually a chance for my family and I to look really around Taiwan. We went to Huandao, we went to Hualien, Kaohsiung and Taichung &ndash; all these places that I didn&rsquo;t really have a chance to look at when you could fly around the world. It was a good chance to look at the place where you live. I find that staying with my family &ndash; no matter what you do, you feel happy about it. Though of course I hope the world goes back to normal soon.

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Is there something that you&rsquo;d like to try next in your career?

I really want to learn DJ-ing. It&rsquo;s something I&rsquo;d like to try.

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Finally, what are your hopes and dreams for the year and beyond?

To stay happy and stay positive. Wow, &ldquo;dreams&rdquo; is a big word. I do want to travel to Australia to see my family because my nanny and grandpa are getting really old. So I hope to bring the kids back and spend time with them.

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Editor-in-Chief Ian Lee

Photography Chiang Ming Shi

Creative Direction Yvonne Jade

Production Patryk Chaou

Styling Benny Fu

Hair Una

Makeup Jenny Lin

Production assistant Sammy Fan

Styling assistant Rose Yang

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All outfits, bags, leather accessories and shoes from Chanel 2021 M&eacute;tiers d&rsquo;Art

Powering Through 2021: Hannah Quinlivan in L'Officiel Singapore's June/July Issue

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