Ang Lee quotes - page 2

When I see something I like, that's all that counts. What they use, how they get there, I never bother them. (Ang Lee)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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It's the first movie I feel really proud of. But I know it's not a movie for everyone. View quote
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The fear factor actually brings the genuineness. View quote
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Fighting for identity is something that is very much in my life. View quote
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I feel like all of my characters now take this congested situation, they clash, and from there you purge yourself. View quote
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Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world. View quote
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I think a movie is a media that is evoking feelings. View quote
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I think great romance needs great obstacles and textures. View quote
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A movie is really provocation. It's not a message, it's not a statement. (Ang Lee)
I have two sons in America, and all they care about in Chinese culture is Jackie Chan and Jet Li. View quote
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I find it hard to deliver straightforward things. View quote
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Sensitivity and money are like parallel lines. They don't meet. View quote
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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. View quote
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No matter how widely spread out the films are, how different, you still are you. View quote
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My cultural roots are something illusive. View quote
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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. View quote
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I grew up pretty peacefully, in that Eastern way. You easily solve problems, believe in harmony. Reduce conflicts, take orders until one day you give orders. View quote
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Emotions serve characters' purposes. That is their motivation. View quote
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Everyone in the gay community doesn't think alike. (Ang Lee)
I think that at heart I am an old-fashioned Chinese, really I am. View quote
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Every movie is unknown. View quote
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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. View quote
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When I grew up, in Taiwan, the Korean War was seen as a good war, where America protected Asia. It was sort of an extension of World War II. And it was, of course, the peak of the Cold War. People in Taiwan were generally proAmerican. The Korean War made Japan. And then the Vietnam War made Taiwan. There is some truth to that. View quote
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