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Patrick Tse talks about family, golden phrase "Lucas 100% entering entertainment industry" (Part A)

by kelvin@multistars - 28th April 2010

Source: NdDaily

Talking about Nic: At the time I was more popular than him, but he has more ideas than me, he has plans and vision

NdDaily (ND from this point): Before the results came out for the Hong Kong Film Award, were you nervous for Nic?

Patrick Tse: Haha no! It doesn't matter if he wins or not.

ND: These few years it's been hard for Nic filming.

Patrick: Super hard, he's worked super hard, too hard even, but I've said to him, you've got two sons now, don't go too far.

ND: What did he say?

Patrick: What could he say? This doesn't matter, he'll look after himself. But, being an actor you have to be like this, in the past I went pretty far too, I wanted to try everything, I even rode a motorbike into the sea.

ND: Is Nic like you?

Patrick: When he was young we weren't in touch enough, at the very least some of his little movements are like me. You could say I was very lucky in the past, I was popular as soon as I came out, I was more popular than him, but I didn't know how to do business or save money, I spent money when I had it, of course I didn't spend more than I could earn. In his generation he has gotten a good education, he's studied more than me, so here (points to head) he has more ideas than me, he has plans, he has visions, whatever he hopes to achieve he'll definitely achieve. I've never said to him "You have to be like this, like that", but now is different from then, if you were any weaker you could stand up in this society. Now you might be very popular, but in the future someone else will definitely be more popular than you! I only said one thing to him: when you've entered this industry you can't step down, because this industry has very little contact with the outside, you won't be doing anything else, you can't step down, you have to walk forward.

ND: At the time how did you think of letting him enter the industry?

Patrick: I only found out he liked singing when he was 14. At that time we were living in Canada, one Saturday, we were welcoming friends at the house, suddenly we heard someone singing next door, I glanced over and it was him singing.

ND: Do you remember what song he was singing?

Patrick: Jacky Cheung's song. I asked him: "Do you like singing?" He said "Yes". "Do you know what is singing? You have to practise breathing technique, learn to read music scores, if you like singing, I'll take you to the teacher's place to learn about breathing and instruments." He really tried hard, I drove him there every time, he put lots of effort into learning.

ND: How was the lessons arranged?

Patrick: He studied for two months, he went 2 to 3 times a week, he never skipped lessons. How did he enter the industry? He sang karaoke at home, sometimes he also wrote songs, at that time he still didn't understand Chinese, he asked me to help him write it. We returned to Hong Kong and bumped into a friend in the building construction industry, he invited me to the masters party, over 100 masters were invited, there were singing performances, Nic was invited to sing onstage, it was his first time singing onstage, once he sang it was disastrous, lots of record companies came to me wanting to sign him, I said "You crazy, he's still in school, he's young".

ND: What song did he sing that impressed everyone?

Patrick: I forget. He sang again the second year, he dragged me into it too, when he finished, there was nothing I could do, I couldn't stop him even if I tried. I had a good relationship with Albert Yeung, so he signed him. After signing on, he returned to study in Hong Kong, even when he was in lessons reporters would secretly film outside, the headmaster said to me "if you son attracts reporters again it'll affect students at our school, he won't be able to continue at this school". I thought this wasn't right, I sent him to Japan, he learnt everything from dance to music, I went around looking for a music school with me, it lasted for half a year.

ND: How much did you spend on the school?

Patrick: That wasn't the main thing. Afterwards we went to America, he just couldn't stay in Hong Kong, the paparazzi surrounded him everyday. He was in America for half a year and studied at a normal school, I rented a place for him to live, he bought loads of instruments to learn by himself, I found out he had a lot of interest and will to be in this industry, so I let him go.

ND: When Nic found out he would have another child what was his feeling?

Patrick: How would I know? I didn't interview him, he didn't tell me either.

ND: The baby is going to be born soon, is everyone in the family nervous?

Patrick: No, we were more nervous with the first one, asking this and that, for the second one we have relaxed.

ND: According to reports the baby has a name already?

Patrick: I don't know, this is his matter, not mine, I won't give any views.

ND: Have you and Nic exchanged thoughts on bringing up children?

Patrick: My son and daughter are my friends, I played with them when they were young, Nic wanted to learn skiing, I learnt it with him, it took him a day and he could go downhill, I learnt for a week and was still learning, but as long as he liked it, I played with him; it was the same for my daughter, she wanted to learn tennis, I booked two tennis courts in Canada for her. But now I won't deliberately talk to Nic about bringing up children, if he could accept it he'll definitely accept it, but he is a different person.

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