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Ang Lee quotes: If the movie is quiet I generally feel the audience is busy. That's when they're working. If the movie is quiet I generally feel the audience is busy. That's when they're working.
Ang Lee quotes: I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie, and I'm not gay. I learned as I went along. I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie, and I'm not gay. I learned as I went along.
Ang Lee quotes: Americans are hidden dragons to me. Americans are hidden dragons to me.
Ang Lee quotes: I was very quiet, very shy and docile. I was very quiet, very shy and docile.
Ang Lee quotes: If it was a choice between making movies and doing nothing, he'd probably still wish me to make movies, So he made me keep going. If it was a choice between making movies and doing nothing, he'd probably still wish me to make movies, So he made me keep going.
Ang Lee quotes: The L.A. weather is a lot like Taiwan's, where you don't observe four seasons, so the years can pass and you don't feel a thing. The L.A. weather is a lot like Taiwan's, where you don't observe four seasons, so the years can pass and you don't feel a thing.
Ang Lee quotes: I feel like all of my characters now take this congested situation, they clash, and from there you purge yourself. I feel like all of my characters now take this congested situation, they clash, and from there you purge yourself.
Ang Lee quotes: I'm not macho, I'm not a Mel Gibson sort of person. I'm not macho, I'm not a Mel Gibson sort of person.
Ang Lee quotes: I try to please everyone. I try to please everyone.
Ang Lee quotes: The way I go about a lovemaking scene is that we will talk about it during the rehearsing time. The way I go about a lovemaking scene is that we will talk about it during the rehearsing time.
Ang Lee quotes: I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama. I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama.
Ang Lee quotes: I guess in Hollywood you chart your life by Oscars. You say to each other, 'Remember when that movie won that year? It was 2006. Remember that?' I guess in Hollywood you chart your life by Oscars. You say to each other, 'Remember when that movie won that year? It was 2006. Remember that?'
Ang Lee quotes: Fighting for identity is something that is very much in my life. Fighting for identity is something that is very much in my life.
Ang Lee quotes: I think a lot of people do big movies not because they are talented artists but because they can function in the circumstances. I think a lot of people do big movies not because they are talented artists but because they can function in the circumstances.
Ang Lee quotes: In my culture, there's a tradition that when you're in an overwhelming situation and you don't know what to do, you put yourself in a woman's shoes. In my culture, there's a tradition that when you're in an overwhelming situation and you don't know what to do, you put yourself in a woman's shoes.
Ang Lee quotes: I think that at heart I am an old-fashioned Chinese, really I am. I think that at heart I am an old-fashioned Chinese, really I am.
Ang Lee quotes: My father was the center of the family, and everyone tried to please him. My father was the center of the family, and everyone tried to please him.
Ang Lee quotes: I don't lead a Hollywood lifestyle. I don't lead a Hollywood lifestyle.
Ang Lee quotes: The woman's perspective is like the dark side of the moon: it always exists, but it is never exposed, at least not in my culture. The woman's perspective is like the dark side of the moon: it always exists, but it is never exposed, at least not in my culture.
Ang Lee quotes: A movie is really provocation. It's not a message, it's not a statement. A movie is really provocation. It's not a message, it's not a statement.
Ang Lee quotes: Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun. Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun.
Ang Lee quotes: I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making. I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making.
Ang Lee quotes: I don't have a superpower. I don't have a superpower.
Ang Lee quotes: I'm such a late bloomer. I'm such a late bloomer.
Ang Lee quotes: I don't like to deal with studios. I don't like to deal with studios.
Ang Lee quotes: I'm aware of what's missing from my life. I'm aware of what's missing from my life.
Ang Lee quotes: When something possesses me, I go ahead and do it. When something possesses me, I go ahead and do it.
Ang Lee quotes: I don't think the Hulk is a superhero. He's the first Marvel character who is a tragic monster. Really an anti-hero. I don't think the Hulk is a superhero. He's the first Marvel character who is a tragic monster. Really an anti-hero.
Ang Lee quotes: I find it hard to deliver straightforward things. I find it hard to deliver straightforward things.
Ang Lee quotes: In Taiwan, I'd be like Michael Jordan walking down the street. In Taiwan, I'd be like Michael Jordan walking down the street.
Ang Lee quotes: I feel that everyone has a Hulk inside, and each of our Hulks is both scary and, potentially, pleasurable. That's the scariest thing about them. I feel that everyone has a Hulk inside, and each of our Hulks is both scary and, potentially, pleasurable. That's the scariest thing about them.
Ang Lee quotes: Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing. Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing.
Ang Lee quotes: With 3D you're right there immersed in the world. With 3D you're right there immersed in the world.
Ang Lee quotes: I had to test a new terror in myself. I had to test a new terror in myself.
Ang Lee quotes: I like to do drama, something about life that could be disappointing. I like to do drama, something about life that could be disappointing.
Ang Lee quotes: Economically, it's more expensive to make movies. I hope digital movies change that. Economically, it's more expensive to make movies. I hope digital movies change that.
Ang Lee quotes: My mother loves me and everything goes well. I have no conflict with her, so that's not dramatic. My mother loves me and everything goes well. I have no conflict with her, so that's not dramatic.
Ang Lee quotes: I hate to think life is just facts and laws. I hate to think life is just facts and laws.
Ang Lee quotes: I don't care about writing really. I don't care about writing really.
Ang Lee quotes: When I see something I like, that's all that counts. What they use, how they get there, I never bother them. When I see something I like, that's all that counts. What they use, how they get there, I never bother them.
Ang Lee quotes: As artists, we like night more than day sometimes. As artists, we like night more than day sometimes.
Ang Lee quotes: After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism. After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.
Ang Lee quotes: No matter how widely spread out the films are, how different, you still are you. No matter how widely spread out the films are, how different, you still are you.
Ang Lee quotes: Everyone in the gay community doesn't think alike. Everyone in the gay community doesn't think alike.
Ang Lee quotes: I do like challenge. I do like challenge.
Ang Lee quotes: I think I prefer 3D to 2D now. I think I prefer 3D to 2D now.
Ang Lee quotes: I like to think I'm un-categorisable. I like to think I'm un-categorisable.
Ang Lee quotes: I make movies for a long time. It doesn't get easier. I make movies for a long time. It doesn't get easier.
Ang Lee quotes: You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing. You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing.
Ang Lee quotes: Thinking back to those earlier days, I felt I was weak when I wasn't making movies, and then when I was, I thought I was weak as a family member. Thinking back to those earlier days, I felt I was weak when I wasn't making movies, and then when I was, I thought I was weak as a family member.
Ang Lee quotes: I think great romance needs great obstacles and textures. I think great romance needs great obstacles and textures.
Ang Lee quotes: Kids don't even read comic books anymore. They've got more important things to do - like video games. Kids don't even read comic books anymore. They've got more important things to do - like video games.
Ang Lee quotes: Many times when you make a movie, it feels like your biggest mistake. But even if a film isn't a hit, you shouldn't view it as a mistake. Many times when you make a movie, it feels like your biggest mistake. But even if a film isn't a hit, you shouldn't view it as a mistake.
Ang Lee quotes: I grew up pretty much prevented from knowing anything from Communist China except that they were the bad guys that stole our country. I grew up pretty much prevented from knowing anything from Communist China except that they were the bad guys that stole our country.
Ang Lee quotes: I'm a shy human being. I'm a shy human being.
Ang Lee quotes: I'm not a master of films, I'm rather a slave. I'm not a master of films, I'm rather a slave.
Ang Lee quotes: I'm still a novice student. I'm still a novice student.
Ang Lee quotes: There's only one movie in my career I've had regrets with cutting it shorter, and I think some scenes maybe I shouldn't have cut. There's only one movie in my career I've had regrets with cutting it shorter, and I think some scenes maybe I shouldn't have cut.
Ang Lee quotes: You become the movie you are making. You become the movie you are making.
Ang Lee quotes: I'm not a romantic. In life I didn't have much experience with romance. I'm not a romantic. In life I didn't have much experience with romance.
Ang Lee quotes: I think life without spirit is in the dark, it is absurd. I think life without spirit is in the dark, it is absurd.
Ang Lee quotes: I think each movie-making process is a very exhausting and satisfying and fulfilling experience for me. I think each movie-making process is a very exhausting and satisfying and fulfilling experience for me.
Ang Lee quotes: Sensitivity and money are like parallel lines. They don't meet. Sensitivity and money are like parallel lines. They don't meet.
Ang Lee quotes: What is really a stretch to me is to make quick decisions. What is really a stretch to me is to make quick decisions.
Ang Lee quotes: The fear factor actually brings the genuineness. The fear factor actually brings the genuineness.
Ang Lee quotes: I'm actually living my life with the material I choose to work with. I'm actually living my life with the material I choose to work with.
Ang Lee quotes: I just did a dramatic love story. Whether it's a cultural phenomenon is not for me to say. I just did a dramatic love story. Whether it's a cultural phenomenon is not for me to say.
Ang Lee quotes: I think I can work with any type of actor. I think I can work with any type of actor.
Ang Lee quotes: My culture doesn't regard acting highly. My culture doesn't regard acting highly.
Ang Lee quotes: I'm just a pretty regular dad. I'm just a pretty regular dad.
Ang Lee quotes: It's not a pleasure torturing actors, although some of them enjoy it. It's not a pleasure torturing actors, although some of them enjoy it.
Ang Lee quotes: In the past I've made movies that were pretty universally liked. You can't really hate them. You can discard them, but you can't really hate them. In the past I've made movies that were pretty universally liked. You can't really hate them. You can discard them, but you can't really hate them.
Ang Lee quotes: Making a martial arts film in English to me is the same as John Wayne speaking Chinese in a western Making a martial arts film in English to me is the same as John Wayne speaking Chinese in a western
Ang Lee quotes: I'm a big boy now, and I have to deliver. I'm a big boy now, and I have to deliver.
Ang Lee quotes: Beautifully-acted and precisely observed, ILO ILO is an amazing debut, full of heart and intelligence. Beautifully-acted and precisely observed, ILO ILO is an amazing debut, full of heart and intelligence.
Ang Lee quotes: When I started out, nobody gave me scripts, so I had to write. When I started out, nobody gave me scripts, so I had to write.
Ang Lee quotes: I see a movie as a way of learning about the world, about myself, and learning about my relationship with people and art. I see a movie as a way of learning about the world, about myself, and learning about my relationship with people and art.
Ang Lee quotes: Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done. Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.
Ang Lee quotes: When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me. When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me.
Ang Lee quotes: I have a lot of repression. So repression is what I make movies about. I have a lot of repression. So repression is what I make movies about.
Ang Lee quotes: My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases. My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases.
Ang Lee quotes: I had to find my way of translating the excitement you get when you're reading comic books to the big screen. I had to find my way of translating the excitement you get when you're reading comic books to the big screen.
Ang Lee quotes: For a filmmaker, it's a rare chance to do a personal film on a big canvas. For a filmmaker, it's a rare chance to do a personal film on a big canvas.
Ang Lee quotes: Emotions serve characters' purposes. That is their motivation. Emotions serve characters' purposes. That is their motivation.
Ang Lee quotes: I'm a drifter and an outsider. There's not one single environment I can totally belong to. I'm a drifter and an outsider. There's not one single environment I can totally belong to.
Ang Lee quotes: Some actors give you what you want. Some you have to make do what you want. Some actors give you what you want. Some you have to make do what you want.
Ang Lee quotes: We need storytelling. Otherwise life just goes on and on, like the number Pi. We need storytelling. Otherwise life just goes on and on, like the number Pi.
Ang Lee quotes: American films are less American every day, because you have to please a world audience. There's less authenticity, so it's more accessible. American films are less American every day, because you have to please a world audience. There's less authenticity, so it's more accessible.
Ang Lee quotes: I have two sons in America, and all they care about in Chinese culture is Jackie Chan and Jet Li. I have two sons in America, and all they care about in Chinese culture is Jackie Chan and Jet Li.
Ang Lee quotes: When I'm not working, I get very down, but when I am working, I get very immersed in it. When I'm not working, I get very down, but when I am working, I get very immersed in it.
Ang Lee quotes: The father figure is something I love, but also suffocate from and want to work against. The father figure is something I love, but also suffocate from and want to work against.
Ang Lee quotes: 3D is quite a lot more advanced in animated movies; for live-action movies we're just taking baby steps, we're just in the beginning. 3D is quite a lot more advanced in animated movies; for live-action movies we're just taking baby steps, we're just in the beginning.
Ang Lee quotes: I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person. I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person.
Ang Lee quotes: I think people are universal. I think people are universal.
Ang Lee quotes: I am a shy person. I am a shy person.
Ang Lee quotes: I don't know if I make the best gay films. I don't know if I make the best gay films.
Ang Lee quotes: I think a movie is a media that is evoking feelings. I think a movie is a media that is evoking feelings.
Ang Lee quotes: I'm a storyteller. I'm a storyteller.
Ang Lee quotes: Film study was considered disgraceful by my father. Film study was considered disgraceful by my father.
Ang Lee quotes: My cultural roots are something illusive. My cultural roots are something illusive.

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