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World Quotes by Ang Lee

8 World quotes by Ang Lee

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Ang Lee’s perspective on the World offers a concise glimpse into how his storytelling frames our shared experience. Though brief, these eight reflections capture the nuance of his cinematic eye, giving readers a quick, thoughtful entry point into his take on the planet’s many facets.

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I basically made the movie from the crew's suggestions. For one scene, I wanted some kids' toys against the wall in Mikey's…

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When I grew up, in Taiwan, the Korean War was seen as a good war, where America protected Asia. It was sort…

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Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.

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American films are less American every day, because you have to please a world audience. There's less authenticity, so it's more accessible.

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San Francisco is one of my favourite cities in the world...I would probably rank it at the top or near the top.…

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I see a movie as a way of learning about the world, about myself, and learning about my relationship with people and…

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With 3D you're right there immersed in the world.

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I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even…

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When I'm not working, I get very down, but when I am working, I get very immersed in it.

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I am not particularly religious. But I think we do face the question of where God is, why we are created and where does…

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I'm not a romantic. In life I didn't have much experience with romance.

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When I see something I like, that's all that counts. What they use, how they get there, I never bother them.

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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…

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Film study was considered disgraceful by my father.

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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…

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On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell them why…

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I had to test a new terror in myself.

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My cultural roots are something illusive.

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Kids don't even read comic books anymore. They've got more important things to do - like video games.

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I don't care about writing really.

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I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person.

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I don't think the Hulk is a superhero. He's the first Marvel character who is a tragic monster. Really an anti-hero.

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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…

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