I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making. — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
Making a martial arts film in English to me is the same as John Wayne speaking Chinese in a western. — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
I have two sons in America, and all they care about in Chinese culture is Jackie Chan and Jet Li. — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
I like to go back to Chinese film-making from time to time. I don't think I can make Chinese films back to… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting to pick it as my first martial… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
These days I'm mostly familiar with two parts of L.A.: one is movie culture, and the other is Asian culture. The Westside… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
Even the favorite reviews, the audience response is the movie is too slow, deliberately slow. But for the Chinese audience, the biggest… — 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
