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Usually with this genre the first thing that happens is a good fight sequence to show that you're in good hands. So we broke that rule. I think a lot of that comes from the western audience.
Ang Lee
Good
You
Fight
First
Think
Rule
Broke
Genre
First Thing
Audience
Lot
Western
Hands
The First Thing
Happens
Show
Sequence
Thing
To me, Ennis stands for the conservative side of America. He's the biggest homophobe in the whole movie - culturally and psychologically - but by the time he admits his feelings, it's too late.
Ang Lee
Time
Me
Too Late
Conservative
Feelings
Too
Late
Side
Admit
He
His
America
Movie
Psychologically
Biggest
Stands
Whole
By The Time
The most mysterious feminine factor, the existence that we men, we don't know. It's woman. It's feminine. That's what the sword is about. That's the symbolic meaning of the sword.
Ang Lee
Woman
Men
About
Mysterious
Factor
Know
Most
Feminine
Existence
Meaning
Meaning Of
Sword
Symbolic
So many times you see beautiful lovemaking scenes with a lot of exposure or an awkward lovemaking scene, but I think it's very rare that you see it private.
Ang Lee
Beautiful
You
Rare
Lovemaking
Think
See
Scene
Scenes
Private
Lot
Very
Times
Many
Exposure
Awkward
Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically. They have to please the crowd - they're movie stars; their image is their industry. It goes beyond acting.
Ang Lee
Stars
Please
Taboo
Risk
Crowd
Economically
Beyond
Industry
Still
Commercially
Goes
Just
Movie
Movie Stars
Straight
Acting
Actor
Image
Careers
My first instinct was to cast as close to the short story as possible, but then I realized that I needed actors who could go for it and that they had to function well as a couple in a love story.
Ang Lee
Love
First
Love Story
Possible
Cast
Could
Had
Instinct
Couple
Well
Go
Go For It
Close
Short
Short Story
Story
Realized
Then
Who
Function
Actor
Needed
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
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