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 don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person. — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
No matter how widely spread out the films are, how different, you still are you. — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
For a filmmaker, it's a rare chance to do a personal film on a big canvas. — 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
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 look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making. — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
Sometimes films ignore other points of view because it's simpler to tell the story that way, but the more genuine and sympathetic… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
Summer blockbusters are very expensive to make. They have things that have to be expensive, such as 600 effects shots or CG… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
American films are less American every day, because you have to please a world audience. There's less authenticity, so it's more accessible. — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
So there was one point I thought I was gonna lose it, but once I get on something I have to finish… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
I think, if allowed, 3D is a new film language. I can have more adventure exploring a new media, that's very exciting.… — 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 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
Depending on the budget [whether to use 3D on future movies]. I think I prefer 3D to 2D now. Also, because of… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Kids don't even read comic books anymore. They've got more important things to do - like video games. — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
