Some actors give you what you want. Some you have to make do what you want. — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
Many times when you make a movie, it feels like your biggest mistake. But even if a film isn't a hit, you… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people do big movies not because they are talented artists but because they can function in the… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically. They have to please the crowd -… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
First we pre-visualized it [the flying fish scene in 'Life of Pi'] so the actors could act. It took a long time… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
My first instinct was to cast as close to the short story as possible, but then I realized that I needed actors… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
Even dramatically how you position some person, the depth, the existence [in 3D] is different than a flat image even though by… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
When I'm not working, I get very down, but when I am working, I get very immersed in it. — Ang Lee Copy Share
I am not particularly religious. But I think we do face the question of where God is, why we are created and where does… — Ang Lee Copy Share
When I see something I like, that's all that counts. What they use, how they get there, I never bother them. — Ang Lee Copy Share
Mostly it's like, I get inspired by something and I want to learn that part of filmmaking, I want to delve into that kind… — Ang Lee Copy Share
I hope people don't compare 2D and 3D because 3D's new, it's unfair to compare to 2D which is really sophisticated, even when we're… — Ang Lee Copy Share
On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell them why… — Ang Lee Copy Share
Kids don't even read comic books anymore. They've got more important things to do - like video games. — Ang Lee Copy Share
I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person. — Ang Lee Copy Share
I don't think the Hulk is a superhero. He's the first Marvel character who is a tragic monster. Really an anti-hero. — Ang Lee Copy Share
A lot of people will think I changed the book: ‘so you’re the tiger instead, you’re the tiger who ate the cook.’ That’d be… — Ang Lee Copy Share
![“First we pre-visualized it [the flying fish scene in 'Life of Pi'] so the actors could act. It took a long time to get that to come to life and to design those coming out of the screen. We had great fun with that. It takes a long time, a year maybe.” quote by Ang Lee](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/017/ang-lee-2496_actors_first-we-pre-visualized-it-the-flying-fi_538534.png)
![“Even dramatically how you position some person, the depth, the existence [in 3D] is different than a flat image even though by itself it has depth, we create the illusion of depth. For example, some of the shots I have to stay closer to the actor because it's a young actor, I like it closer for…” quote by Ang Lee](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/eef/ang-lee-2496_acting_even-dramatically-how-you-position-some_1423863.jpg)
