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Everything that relates to Pennywise and Bob Gray is very cryptic, and it's like that for a reason. Probably the success of that character as a monster, as a villain is because of that crypticness and uncertainty that people have towards him. Andy Muschietti

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Casting is a big deal. Andy Muschietti

Big Casting Deal Big Deal

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

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

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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

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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

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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. Ang Lee

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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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