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Ang Lee
Ang Lee
Chinese Director
Born: Oct 23, 1954
About Life Like Me Think You
Related authors: Alan Mak Andrew Lau Chloe Zhao James Wong Howe John Woo Wong Kar-wai Zhang Yimou
Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done. Ang Lee
Angry You Anger Sometimes Get Done Things
I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even to a lot of Americans. Ang Lee
World Realistic Somehow Only Mainstream West Lot Shoot American Quite Unfamiliar Wanted Which Straight Even Population
I took the name Green Destiny from - well there is such a sword called Green Destiny. It is green because you keep twisting it, it's an ancient skill, you keep twisting it and knocking it and twisting it until it is very elastic and light. Ang Lee
You Light Took Destiny Ancient Knocking Name Until Well Because Very Green Elastic Skill Keep Sword Twisting
I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting to pick it as my first martial arts film. It has a very strong female character and it was very abundant in classic Chinese textures. Ang Lee
Character Me Book Strong Thought First Few Think Ways Strong Female Classic Martial Martial Arts Struck Pick Abundant Female Female Character Very Textures Arts Chinese Interesting Film
I think people are universal. Ang Lee
People Think Universal
I don't lead a Hollywood lifestyle. Ang Lee
Lifestyle Lead Hollywood
In Taiwan, I'd be like Michael Jordan walking down the street. Ang Lee
Down Taiwan Jordan Like Michael Walking Michael Jordan Street
My culture doesn't regard acting highly. Ang Lee
Culture Highly Regard Acting
I think a movie is a media that is evoking feelings. Ang Lee
Feelings Think Evoking Movie Media
I think doing period piece is easier, because after a certain distance, everybody is equal, I think. The relative contemporary is harder. I think that's the way it is. Ang Lee
Think Everybody Relative Distance Way Easier Piece Contemporary Equal Period Because Doing After Certain Harder
I think each movie-making process is a very exhausting and satisfying and fulfilling experience for me. Ang Lee
Me Experience Think Exhausting Very Process Fulfilling Each Satisfying
I like to do drama, something about life that could be disappointing. Ang Lee
Life Drama About Something Could Disappointing Like
I have two sons in America, and all they care about in Chinese culture is Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Ang Lee
Culture Care Jet About Sons America Jackie Jackie Chan Chinese Chinese Culture Two
I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making. Ang Lee
Try Big Look American Chinese Movies American Movies Apply Muscles Film-Making
I'm a big boy now, and I have to deliver. Ang Lee
Big Deliver Boy Now
No matter how widely spread out the films are, how different, you still are you. Ang Lee
You Matter Films Out How Spread Still Different Widely
I feel like all of my characters now take this congested situation, they clash, and from there you purge yourself. Ang Lee
You Yourself Situation Characters Clash Purge Take Feel Like Now
If there's something that can be formulated, regulated, give you security, then nobody would lose money. Every movie would be successful. And that's certainly not the case. Ang Lee
You Money Lose Every Security Would Would-Be Case Give Something Nobody Movie Then Successful Certainly
I'm a storyteller. Ang Lee
Storyteller
I think life without spirit is in the dark, it is absurd. Ang Lee
Life Dark Think Spirit Absurd Without
These days I'm mostly familiar with two parts of L.A.: one is movie culture, and the other is Asian culture. The Westside is work, and the Eastside is Chinese - which means my friends. Ang Lee
Work Culture Other Days Mostly Parts Friends Familiar Movie Which Chinese Asian Means Two
The L.A. weather is a lot like Taiwan's, where you don't observe four seasons, so the years can pass and you don't feel a thing. Ang Lee
You Weather Taiwan Observe Feel Like Pass Years Lot Where Seasons Thing Four
As artists, we like night more than day sometimes. Ang Lee
Day Sometimes More Like Than Artists Night
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 have cut. Ang Lee
Think Some Only Scenes Had Maybe Movie Cut Regrets Cutting Career
3D is quite a lot more advanced in animated movies; for live-action movies we're just taking baby steps, we're just in the beginning. Ang Lee
Beginning Baby More Animated Advanced Taking Steps Lot Quite Quite A Lot Just In The Beginning Movies
I'm not a romantic. In life I didn't have much experience with romance. Ang Lee
Life Experience Romance Romantic Much
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