Quotes by Ang Lee

“I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama.”

“You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing.”

“For a filmmaker, it's a rare chance to do a personal film on a big canvas.”

“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 equipmen...”

“I have a lot of repression. So repression is what I make movies about.”

“Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.”

“Summer blockbusters are very expensive to make. They have things that have to be expensive, such as 600 effects shots or CG characters that have to go a certain way, or a film design that is differ...”

“I'm not a romantic. In life I didn't have much experience with romance.”

“The relationship between East and West needs to be and can be fixed via pop culture.”

“Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.”

“It's the first movie I feel really proud of. But I know it's not a movie for everyone. Some people will embrace it, but some people will hate it, and I'm not really sure how to deal with that. In t...”

“Gradually I got tuned into the world — that happens on every movie. 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.”

“The stern dad stuff doesn't work anymore. You have to be level with the kids, you have to be a nice guy... The authority thing just doesn't work anymore. It's like directing a Chinese film vs. dire...”

“Mainstream films have occupied Hollywood but you can get bored very easily. It can be very repetitive and I think now we want something fresh and something inspiring and different, daring. The main...”