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Americans are hidden dragons to me. Ang Lee

Me Hidden American Dragons

In my culture, there's a tradition that when you're in an overwhelming situation and you don't know what to do, you put yourself in a woman's shoes. Ang Lee

You Woman Culture Yourself Overwhelming Shoes Situation Put Know Tradition

I'm not macho, I'm not a Mel Gibson sort of person. Ang Lee

Macho Gibson Sort Person

I'm quite lazy. Ang Lee

Lazy Quite

Alice Walker's words have such rhythm and scream music. Angela Robinson

Music Words Alice Walker Scream Rhythm

The artist in me welcomes another opportunity to be creative. Angela Robinson

Me Creative Opportunity Welcomes Another Artist

If you want to get to know somebody you don't ask other people: 'How is she?' You talk to the person herself. And then you don't ask about facts like 'date of birth' or 'profession of parents.' but you talk about essential questions and themes in life. Angelina Maccarone

Life You People Somebody Parents Other Birth Herself About Date Facts Like Know Talk She How Questions Person Get Essential Want Themes Ask Then Profession

'The Look' is my first documentary, and I enjoyed the freedom of working within a small team. Angelina Maccarone

Freedom First Small Look Documentary Within Working Team Enjoyed

I'm not sure plays tell people anything. I think plays include an audience in an experience that is happening in that moment, and that's the specialness. What people take away has almost as much to do with what they bring as what we do. Anna D. Shapiro

Experience People Think Tell Take Almost Sure Audience Anything Happening Much Moment Include Away Bring Plays

The conversation of how you do a play is my favorite conversation in the whole wide world: what a play is, why it's different than anything else, the math of the way that human behavior has to be calibrated theatrically versus anything else. Anna D. Shapiro

So many of my friends are actors, and so many of them are great, and they're losing jobs to people who have never been in plays before; I understand that sometimes I'm part of the problem. But I'm trying to figure out how to balance it. Anna D. Shapiro

Plays are about understanding what happens, what it means. If we just leaned into the story, for lack of a better word, it would still be a powerful story but, like delight, it might disappear an hour after you saw it. Anna D. Shapiro

I'm getting less and less interested in the problems of youth. I'm much more interested in the idea of emotional paralysis, and I find myself less interested in work that doesn't have anything to do with a conversation about the world. Anna D. Shapiro

Work Myself Conversation Youth World Problems Find Paralysis About More Emotional Idea Getting Anything Interested Much Less

I grew up watching Westerns. Anthony Hemingway

Up Westerns Grew Watching

It's not a problem to be great and do good things. Anthony Hemingway

Good Great Good Things Problem Things

When someone sees in you what you've been feeling all along, that's an awesome thing. Anthony Hemingway

You Feeling Awesome Someone Sees Along Been Thing

I have always believed that there is a need for life-affirming films. Anthony Minghella

Films Always Believed Need

As a teenager I was obsessed with music and with writing and performing songs. Anthony Minghella

Music Writing Teenager Songs Obsessed Performing

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