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 take nothing away from my existence in the 'hood, because it sharpened my instincts. We had a different way of living that developed our survival instincts, and I use those to this day when I make films. You can't buy that.
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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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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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I've always been fascinated by the concept of reincarnation. I learned that many brilliant people were interested in reincarnation, including Carl Jung. I'm a big Jungian. So I began writing novels involving theories integrating past and present, even if the past element in the novel took place 500 or 1,000 years ago.
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When I am up in Paris then the restaurant which has remained my favourite for the past decade is Guy Savoy. The menu is huge, sophisticated and very creative but I keep to simple choices.
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Daryl Hannah likes to goof around with fashion, but she does have pretty impeccable taste.
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We like to have a point of view in our stories, not an obvious moral, but a worthwhile theme. … All we are trying to do is give the public good entertainment. That is all they want.
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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.
