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
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
I think doing period piece is easier, because after a certain distance, everybody is equal, I think. The relative contemporary is harder.… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
The source of all the material comes from nothingness, illusion is working more on things you can prove. That's the principle, the… — 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
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
I had to find my way of translating the excitement you get when you're reading comic books to the big screen. — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
The way I go about a lovemaking scene is that we will talk about it during the rehearsing time. — 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
I see a movie as a way of learning about the world, about myself, and learning about my relationship with people and… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
I grew up pretty peacefully, in that Eastern way. You easily solve problems, believe in harmony. Reduce conflicts, take orders until one… — 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
