Ang Lee Quotes (121 quotes)

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„Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted to do, and frankly I don't think I was ready to do a big production like this.“
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„I think doing period piece is easier, because after a certain distance, everybody is equal, I think. The relative contemporary is harder. I think that's the way it is.“
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„Summer blockbusters are very expensive to make. They have things that have to be expensive, such as 600 effects shots or CG characters that have to go a certain way, or a film design that is different but expensive.“
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„On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell them why you want to do it a certain way, and they argue with you. Democracy.“
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„I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting to pick it as my first martial arts film. It has a very strong female character and it was very abundant in classic Chinese textures.“
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„Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically. They have to please the crowd - they're movie stars; their image is their industry. It goes beyond acting.“
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„So many times you see beautiful lovemaking scenes with a lot of exposure or an awkward lovemaking scene, but I think it's very rare that you see it private.“
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„You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing.“
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„When I'm not working, I get very down, but when I am working, I get very immersed in it.“
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„When I started out, nobody gave me scripts, so I had to write.“
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„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.“
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„The fear factor actually brings the genuineness.“
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„Some actors give you what you want. Some you have to make do what you want.“
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„No matter how widely spread out the films are, how different, you still are you.“
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„My mother loves me and everything goes well. I have no conflict with her, so that's not dramatic.“
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„My culture doesn't regard acting highly.“
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„I'm still a novice student.“
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„I'm quite lazy.“
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„I'm not macho, I'm not a Mel Gibson sort of person.“
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„I'm not a romantic. In life I didn't have much experience with romance.“
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Ang Lee
Author born: October 23, 1954
Nationality: Chinese
Author Profession: Director

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