Curated Quotations

Ang Lee

Quotations

  • “I’m actually living my life with the material I choose to work with.” -Ang Lee

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  • “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.” -Ang Lee

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  • “When I grew up, in Taiwan, the Korean War was seen as a good war, where America protected Asia. It was sort of an extension of World War II. And it was, of course, the peak of the Cold War. People in Taiwan were generally proAmerican. The Korean War made Japan. And then the Vietnam…

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  • “The source of all the material comes from nothingness, illusion is working more on things you can prove. That’s the principle, the essence of life, it is actually an illusion, not immaterial. That’s worth pursuing. So illusion is not nothing. In a way, that is the truth.” -Ang Lee

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  • “I’m not a romantic. In life I didn’t have much experience with romance.” -Ang Lee

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  • “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

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  • “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.” -Ang Lee

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  • “Sensitivity and money are like parallel lines. They don’t meet.” -Ang Lee

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  • “I don’t have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history I’m not that kind of person.” -Ang Lee

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  • “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…

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  • “I don’t have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history I’m not that kind of person.” -Ang Lee

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  • “The fear factor actually brings the genuineness.” -Ang Lee

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  • “You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing.” -Ang Lee

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  • “Thinking back to those earlier days, I felt I was weak when I wasn’t making movies, and then when I was, I thought I was weak as a family member.” -Ang Lee

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  • “I’m not a romantic. In life I didn’t have much experience with romance.” -Ang Lee

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  • “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.” -Ang Lee

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  • “I’m just a pretty regular dad.” -Ang Lee

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  • “Economically, it’s more expensive to make movies. I hope digital movies change that.” -Ang Lee

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  • Over the years Woodstock got glorified and romanticised and became the event that symbolised Utopia. It’s the last page of our collective memory of the age of innocence. Then things turned ugly and would never be the same again. – Ang Lee

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