Ang Lee Quotes
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The fear factor actually brings the genuineness.
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I am not particularly religious. But I think we do face the question of where God is, why we are created and where does life go, why we exist. That sort of thing. And it is very hard to talk about it these days, because it cannot be proven. It is hard to discuss it rationally.
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I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making.
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Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing.
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When I have a full schedule like that, I don't see myself sitting there for a couple of months, doing the research, going through a painful process, it's just not my thing anymore.
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No matter how widely spread out the films are, how different, you still are you.
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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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I like to think I'm un-categorisable.
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I'm a big boy now, and I have to deliver.
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I don't like to deal with studios. I don't like to have conversations with executives. I pitch to the studio, then never talk to them until the test screening.
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My father was the center of the family, and everyone tried to please him.
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Kids don't even read comic books anymore. They've got more important things to do - like video games.
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Every movie I make. That’s my hideout, the place I don’t quite understand, but feel most at home.
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What is really a stretch to me is to make quick decisions.
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Fighting for identity is something that is very much in my life.
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I'm not a romantic. In life I didn't have much experience with romance.
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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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You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing.