Ang Lee Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“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.”

“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.”

“There's a level of sophistication of filmmaking that's mind-boggling. Anything you need for your movie, there's an establishment that can make it happen really fast.”

“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.”

“Fighting for identity is something that is very much in my life.”

“I find it hard to deliver straightforward things.”

“I don't like to deal with studios.”

“It's not a pleasure torturing actors, although some of them enjoy it.”

“My cultural roots are something illusive.”

“My father was the center of the family, and everyone tried to please him.”