Ang Lee Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)

“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.”

“I guess in Hollywood you chart your life by Oscars. You say to each other, 'Remember when that movie won that year? It was 2006. Remember that?'”

“I think great romance needs great obstacles and textures.”

“I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making.”

“I am a shy person.”

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

“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.”

“What is really a stretch to me is to make quick decisions.”

“Sometimes films ignore other points of view because it's simpler to tell the story that way, but the more genuine and sympathetic you are to different points of view and situations, the more real the story is.”

“Economically, it's more expensive to make movies. I hope digital movies change that.”