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Argentina is a bit tough to people. You don't embrace genre film in general. They are more like, in the film community, a bit snobby. Andy Muschietti

You People Tough Community Bit Embrace General More Argentina Like Genre Snobby Film

I'm a big fan of Edward Gorey, and I don't think he has been portrayed in film. Andy Muschietti

Big Think Has-Been He Been Big Fan Edward Fan Film Portrayed

Reading 'IT' again as an adult, you understand it from a different perspective. It is basically a love letter to childhood and talks about all of the treasures of that time, like imagination and belief, that are inevitably lost in adulthood. Andy Muschietti

Love Time You Perspective Reading Lost Imagination About Adult Adulthood Like Talks Understand Inevitably Childhood Different Again Different Perspective Belief Letter Treasures Basically

I think mainly my devotion to horror comes from international horror movies and literature. Andy Muschietti

Think Horror Horror Movies Mainly Devotion Literature Movies International

Something a lot of people probably don't know is 'Chapter One' did have the idea to make a post-credit scene, which was Beverly Marsh picking up the phone. So, 27 years later, post credit, you would see a phone ringing. Andy Muschietti

I was very quiet, very shy and docile. Ang Lee

Docile Very Quiet Shy

I'm aware of what's missing from my life. Ang Lee

Life My Life Missing Aware

Emotions serve characters' purposes. That is their motivation. Ang Lee

Emotions Characters Purposes Motivation Serve

Sensitivity and money are like parallel lines. They don't meet. Ang Lee

Money Meet Parallel Like Lines Sensitivity

The source of all the material comes from nothingness, illusion is working more on things you can prove. That's the principle, the essence of life, it is actually an illusion, not immaterial. That's worth pursuing. So illusion is not nothing. In a way, that is the truth. Ang Lee

Life Truth You Worth Illusion Nothing Nothingness Immaterial Way More Pursuing Principle Material Prove Source Essence Working Actually Things

I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie, and I'm not gay. I learned as I went along. Ang Lee

Gay Woman Women Along Learned Did Movie

I try to please everyone. Ang Lee

Try Please Everyone Everyone Please

I hate to think life is just facts and laws. Ang Lee

Life Hate Think Laws Facts Just

When I grew up, in Taiwan, the Korean War was seen as a good war, where America protected Asia. It was sort of an extension of World War II. And it was, of course, the peak of the Cold War. People in Taiwan were generally proAmerican. The Korean War made Japan. And then the Vietnam War made Taiwan. There is some truth to that. Ang Lee

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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 jaded about it. 3D just began, give it a chance, let the equipment and projection system catch up and be better, let the price go down, let more filmmakers get a hold of it more easily. Ang Lee

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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 you want to do it a certain way, and they argue with you. Democracy. Ang Lee

When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me. Ang Lee

Character Me Woman Strong Strong Woman Always Story

When I sent those scripts, that was the lowest point of my life. We'd just had our second son, and when I went to collect them from hospital, I went to the bank to try and get some money to buy some diapers, the screen showed I've got $26 left. Ang Lee

Life Buy Son Money Try My Life Our Those Collect Some Point Hospital Had Got Diapers Left Get Bank Just Screen Scripts Sent Them Lowest Second

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

See Something Bother Never Like Counts How Get Them Use

When I have a full schedule like that, I don't see myself sitting there for a couple of months, doing the research, going through a painful process, it's just not my thing anymore. Ang Lee

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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

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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

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