U50, MC Thanh Mai is happy and fulfilled in love.

Used to sell coffee and cigarettes to make a living.

- Lately you have rarely appeared as an MC, are you afraid that you cannot overcome the shadow of the previous program "New Vitality"?

I don’t feel pressured to surpass my past success or shadow. For me, working is happiness, so I have tried my hand at many jobs such as dancer, fashion model, MC, and actor.

I consider art as a sanctuary, if it is good then I will continue doing it, not for money. I also do not have a goal to conquer the artistic paths, for me, everything depends on fate. If it is suitable and there is a good role then I will participate, otherwise I will continue with my other jobs and spend time traveling and visiting my daughter.

Thanh Mai's villain role is different from before in the movie "Bach Duong Love Song".

- After a period of absence from the film industry, you returned with the film "White Poplar Love Song", however, your role received mixed opinions, what do you think about this?

Last year, I was happy to participate in the movie "Bach Duong Love Song". For me, this is a movie with a good script. When I held the script in my hand, I read it in one go, got caught up in the story, not only shed tears for my character but I also found the other characters very interesting. Because my character was a "third person", at first I thought I would gather enough "bricks and stones" to build a house, but fortunately, in the end, at the end of the movie, my character received sympathy. That is what makes me happy and joyful.

For me, being an actress is like being a daughter-in-law to a hundred families, I can't please everyone. Especially, recently, the film also won the Silver Kite Award, I think the film was successful and well received by the audience and professionals.

- Taking on the role of a successful but troubled woman, surely Thanh Mai also felt like she was in it?

It is true that I have many similarities with the character in the movie. In real life, I also had to work hard and do everything myself. When I was 10 years old, I had to sell coffee and cigarettes to help my parents. Although at that time, my parents did not ask their daughter to work hard, I thought it was my responsibility, at that time all families were struggling, not just mine.

When I entered the conservatory, studying piano, for my family at that time, a piano was a big deal, the whole family did not have money to buy it, so I had to learn piano without having to do it. Meanwhile, many of my classmates were rich, their parents were directors, all using high-end products, sometimes comparing with my friends, I felt sorry for myself. However, that was the motivation for me to try harder in life. Thanks to those difficult days, later, when I went on tour abroad, witnessing the lavish life, I was not tempted and tried harder and harder to have a better life.

Even though she is nearly 50 years old, MC Thanh Mai still possesses an incredibly youthful beauty.

- Acting with many young actors, do you find them much different from your generation?

I see that young actors today are very good, sometimes when I watch my co-actors I admire them because young people today have many opportunities to interact and interact with the world cinema, have many opportunities to travel here and there. In our time, we did not have professional support from the crew like today, but in return, there was less competition back then, the number of actors could be counted on the fingers.

Nowadays, with the development of media and social networks, it is easier for you to become famous. Even for many young people who are not active in the arts, just a scandal can be in the news.

I am happy and fulfilled in love

- If you had to choose again, would you choose a peaceful, simple life or an interesting but difficult and arduous life?

I believe that “It is better to be brilliant for a minute and then suddenly disappear than to be sad and dim for a hundred years”. I like a vibrant life, with ups and downs but full of interesting experiences. That helps me train myself and gain more life experience.

- How is your love life now? Is it because you are very happy that you are becoming more and more beautiful and younger than your age?

Now I feel my life is very peaceful and satisfied with it. I once read a story that when you stand in front of a mirror, if you smile, it will smile back at you, on the contrary, if you frown and resent, the mirror will reflect the same.

For me, I don’t expect to receive all the fragrant flowers and strange grasses, but I think that if something is good, I will stick with it for a long time, and if it is not suitable, I will change. On the contrary, that also means that if someone is good and treats me right, he will keep me for a long time. In general, I think the old saying “birds of a feather flock together” is true, so I am satisfied with my current situation.

Thanh Mai does not consider marriage as the goal of her life, but when the time comes, she will think about remarrying if she finds someone who is compatible and suitable...

- At the age of 46, how is love different from when you were young?

Certainly, at this age, my love is no longer as impulsive and impulsive as before. A love that wants to be sustainable must have both emotion and reason. When you are young, not knowing who you are, you can love regardless, but when you are 30, 40, have some things in hand, you will also require your man to have things that are equivalent to create sustainability. Therefore, my love at the age of 46 is a love that combines reason and emotion, no longer jealous, unreasonable suspicion, it brings peace, all based on understanding and mutual trust.

- Your daughter is grown up, does she interfere in your love life?

My child studied abroad at a young age, so she has a very Western perspective. My daughter believes that the lives of her parents or other people are their own private rights. Everyone finds their own happiness, so she doesn't interfere much with my private life. On the contrary, I am a well-behaved person, so the people around me also know how to behave with my relatives.

- So does that mean your daughter has a pretty good relationship with your new boyfriend? With your experience, what advice do you have for her when she enters a love life?

I always advise my daughter to stand on her own two feet and not rely on others. When my daughter confided that she liked a certain actor, I advised her: “If you want to be with a successful, rich person, of course they have those advantages and will not look for an ordinary person. You also have to have qualities that match theirs in order to be noticed by them.” What I want for my daughter is for her to study well, know how to strive, and be independent so that she can have a good job and life in the future.

At nearly 50 years old, Thanh Mai has a successful career and a wealthy life.

- What about your biological father? You rarely mention your ex in the media. Is your daughter's relationship with her biological father good?

My daughter is a normal girl, she has normal relationships with her family members. She likes to read books of all genres, including astrology, novels and literature, her personality is quite gentle and quiet.