Editing Ruby Lin (section)

===Early work: 1995–1996===
When Lin received her first experience in front of the camera in 1995, for a minor role, she started to develop a passion for acting. After filming her first TV commercial, Lin caught the attention of TV and film directors, and many companies began seeking her for roles.<ref name = "intro8">{{cite web | url = http://www.ycwb.com/gb/content/2005-04/20/content_888618.htm | title = The manager publishes book disclosed "makes the star" inside story 经纪人出书披露"造星"内幕 | date = April 20, 2005 | publisher = ycwb.com | format = News article | language = zh | access-date = January 3, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070822004502/http://www.ycwb.com/gb/content/2005-04/20/content_888618.htm | archive-date = August 22, 2007 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> She received her first role in the film ''[[School Days (1995 film)|School Days]]'', with [[Jimmy Lin Chih Ying|Jimmy Lin]] and [[Takeshi Kaneshiro]]. From 1995 to 1997 after MD completed, Lin had roles in several Taiwanese TV series and began to attract attention and buzz from the media. In 1996, Lin went to China for the first time to film; she considered this a period of valuable experience and a time that she began to learn about acting.
{{cquote|"I was in my second year of high school when I first got involved in film & TV industry. I thought there would be other opportunities for me to study abroad, but one does not bump into the opportunity to be in a film every day. So, I just went and had a try. I told myself that if my filming career didn't work out, then I could still go back to school. But things are not always as they may have appeared to be."<ref name = "ftlInterview">FTV TV program Interview in Taiwan, 2003</ref>}}