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
I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person. — 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 look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making. — 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
No matter how widely spread out the films are, how different, you still are you. — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
I think each movie-making process is a very exhausting and satisfying and fulfilling experience for me. — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
So I'm a one movie at a time person, I don't develop. Normally we do a movie then one thing leads to… — 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
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
In the past I've made movies that were pretty universally liked. You can't really hate them. You can discard them, but you… — 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
If there's something that can be formulated, regulated, give you security, then nobody would lose money. Every movie would be successful. And… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
There's a level of sophistication of filmmaking that's mind-boggling. Anything you need for your movie, there's an establishment that can make it… — 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
So anything that's not absolutely needed, we would cut it [footage] out, which would make me very insecure; everything has to work,… — 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… — 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 for most people, the audience probably couldn't tell the difference, but I know they [shots of visual effects] can be… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
There's a certain time in the core of making a movie from pre-production to halfway through post-production I don't read any project,… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
Economically, it's more expensive to make movies. I hope digital movies change that. — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
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… — 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
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
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
Things that don't have a big impact seem to be crucial. Always when you go out to make a movie you have… — 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
It's just what I am. When I am in the zone making one movie, I just didn't want to read anything else… — 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
![“So anything that's not absolutely needed, we would cut it [footage] out, which would make me very insecure; everything has to work, and it's a water movie in 3D with a kid, animals. So the more I do that, the more I'm scared of "What if it doesn't go the way we want it?" But we had to do that to…” quote by Ang Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/832/ang-lee-2496_animal_so-anything-that-s-not-absolutely-needed_1297227.jpg)
![“I think for most people, the audience probably couldn't tell the difference, but I know they [shots of visual effects] can be better. And the people working know they can be more precise. I'm still doing another round of sound mixing and color timing, pretty technical stuff. I think the movie…” quote by Ang Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cdc/ang-lee-2496_audience_i-think-for-most-people-the-audience-pro_895096.jpg)
![“Depending on the budget [whether to use 3D on future movies]. I think I prefer 3D to 2D now. Also, because of 3D I have to use a digital camera, which is the way it's going anyway. That still confuses me, a digital camera versus film.” quote by Ang Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d35/ang-lee-2496_budgets_depending-on-the-budget-whether-to-use-3_2613122.jpg)
![“Things that don't have a big impact seem to be crucial. Always when you go out to make a movie you have questions, "What if this doesn't work? What if that doesn't work?" you want to cover yourself, you want to bring back enough [footage] so you can do something.” quote by Ang Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a01/ang-lee-2496_big-impact_things-that-don-t-have-a-big-impact-seem_1479375.jpg)
