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.
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Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
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I think the attraction to Israeli women stems from the fact that we're exotic and the fact that there are many talented and beautiful women in Israel. I think that there is also greater awareness of Israel than before in the movie industry.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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The European Union, which is not directly responsible to voters, provides an irresistible opportunity for European elites to seize power in order to impose their own vision on a newly socially regimented Europe.
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I consider The O.C. as my college. It was four years and I made friends who I'll have forever.
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My father started with nothing and is a self-made man. No matter what I do with my life, I can never match his accomplishments.
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I will not say anything about my father. Period. I don't have a dad.
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After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.
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A lot of time mistakes are very interesting - you look for the behaviour that's not the one you expect.
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I think I'm an okay parent, but I'd put myself in the category of a musician-who-happened-to-become-a-father. I'm definitely not a father-who-happened-to-be-a-musician.
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My favorite albumn ever is Jeff Buckley's GRACE. I feel a weird unexplainable connection to him.
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Well, I'm an independent person.
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I'm not a god - I do bad things.
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At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.
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My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy.
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When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.
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L.A. is so big that if you don't actually live in Hollywood, you might as well be from a different planet.
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Alan King, a comedian I adored, was considered society, and I was considered the Jewish kid from the neighborhood.
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Choose what to believe. He wanted the truth. Why was everybody so determined that he should not get it.
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I think escapism is something artists write about pretty frequently - it's something everyone can relate to, the concept of wanting something more, wanting to find solace, wanting to have something better.
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Cyclists. I really hate them. I wish they would not be so self-righteous and realise they are a danger to pedestrians. I wish cyclists would not vindictively snap off wing mirrors on cars when they were trying to cross in front of the car at a danger to motorists and pedestrians.
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When I did 'Frankenstein,' the record company said, 'Now you can do 'Dracula' and 'Wolf Man' and we'll call the whole thing Monster Rock!' and I said, 'No, that's not going to happen, I'm not going to do that.' I kind of enjoy defying categorization. I love music in and of itself. I love the beauty of harmony and rhythm.
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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.
