Quotes of Ang Lee - somelinesforyou

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

- Ang Lee

“ Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing. ”

- Ang Lee

“ I think this has been an amazing year for American cinema. ”

- Ang Lee

“ The movie awards over the years, there's a tide. ”

- Ang Lee

“ Experts did not vote for it as best film and I do not know why, I am very pleased with the audience's response but losing as best film of the year really surprised me. ”

- Ang Lee

“ I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting to pick it as my first martial arts film. It has a very strong female character and it was very abundant in classic Chinese textures. ”

- Ang Lee

“ 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. ”

- Ang Lee

“ 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

“ I'm really happy for you. I'm really happy for Chinese audiences. I'm among them. I'm here as a cheerleader. ”

- Ang Lee

“ I know these themes have obstacles. They have to be promoted carefully. ”

- Ang Lee

“ I know these themes have obstacles. They have to be promoted carefully. ”

- Ang Lee

“ The movie awards over the years, there's a tide. ”

- Ang Lee

“ Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself. ”

- Ang Lee

“ The most mysterious feminine factor, the existence that we men, we don't know. It's woman. It's feminine. That's what the sword is about. That's the symbolic meaning of the sword. ”

- Ang Lee

“ I took the name Green Destiny from - well there is such a sword called Green Destiny. It is green because you keep twisting it, it's an ancient skill, you keep twisting it and knocking it and twisting it until it is very elastic and light. ”

- Ang Lee

“ To me, Ennis stands for the conservative side of America. He's the biggest homophobe in the whole movie - culturally and psychologically - but by the time he admits his feelings, it's too late. ”

- Ang Lee

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

- Ang Lee

“ 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. ”

- Ang Lee

“ I think people are universal. ”

- Ang Lee

“ I rode horses with cowboys, talked with them and observed many things in details. ”

- Ang Lee

“ 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. ”

- Ang Lee

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

- Ang Lee

“ Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun. ”

- Ang Lee

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

- Ang Lee

“ 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

“ I know these themes have obstacles. They have to be promoted carefully. ”

- Ang Lee

“ I think this has been an amazing year for American cinema. ”

- Ang Lee

“ I think this has been an amazing year for American cinema. ”

- Ang Lee

“ So many times you see beautiful lovemaking scenes with a lot of exposure or an awkward lovemaking scene, but I think it's very rare that you see it private. ”

- Ang Lee

“ I think this has been an amazing year for American cinema. ”

- Ang Lee
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