Quotes By Ang Lee

In the past I've made movies that were pretty universally liked. You can't really hate them. You can discard them, but you can't really hate them.

I'm a storyteller.

Every movie is unknown.

If there's something that can be formulated, regulated, give you security, then nobody would lose money. Every movie would be successful. And that's certainly not the case.

I think a movie is a media that is evoking feelings.

I am not particularly religious. But I think we do face the question of where God is, why we are created and where does life go, why we exist. That sort of thing. And it is very hard to talk about it these days, because it cannot be proven. It is hard to discuss it rationally.

I think great romance needs great obstacles and textures.

My mother loves me and everything goes well. I have no conflict with her, so that's not dramatic.

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 different but expensive.

My culture doesn't regard acting highly.

For six years, from 1985 to 1991, I felt pretty weak and useless.

My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases.

I'm actually living my life with the material I choose to work with.

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

Some actors give you what you want. Some you have to make do what you want.

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

Film study was considered disgraceful by my father.

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.

I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even to a lot of Americans.

I try to please everyone.

The woman's perspective is like the dark side of the moon: it always exists, but it is never exposed, at least not in my culture.

3D is quite a lot more advanced in animated movies; for live-action movies we're just taking baby steps, we're just in the beginning.

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 don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person.

When something possesses me, I go ahead and do it.

I think I prefer 3D to 2D now.

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

I think doing period piece is easier, because after a certain distance, everybody is equal, I think. The relative contemporary is harder. I think that's the way it is.

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.

I'm a big boy now, and I have to deliver.