Ang Lee Quotes

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• We need storytelling. Otherwise life just goes on and on, like the number Pi.

  Ang Lee

  Numbers, Needs, Goes On

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I see a movie as a way of learning about the world, about myself, and learning about my relationship with people and art.

  Ang Lee

  Art, People, World

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• 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

  Real, Views, Stories

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• The fear factor actually brings the genuineness.

  Ang Lee

  Factors, Genuineness

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• You have to know the rules, otherwise you have no tools to communicate to the audience, but to keep it fresh you have to break some. I don't choose genres as the element, but the material itself is the element, then I'll decide what genre I need. That's just how I work.

  Ang Lee

  Needs, Tools, Elements

  "Ang Lee Talks LIFE OF PI, the Difficulty of Getting the Project Off the Ground, 3D as a New Artistic Form, Deleted Scenes and More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. October 3, 2012.

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• Every movie I make. That’s my hideout, the place I don’t quite understand, but feel most at home.

  Ang Lee

  Home, Feels

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think great romance needs great obstacles and textures.

  Ang Lee

  Thinking, Romance, Needs

  "Ang Lee Talks Brokeback Mountain". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. December 7, 2005.

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• Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

  Ang Lee

  Done, Sometimes, Things Done

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• I think people are universal.

  Ang Lee

  Thinking, People, Universal

  "Ang Lee and James Schamus". Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2000.

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• Fighting for identity is something that is very much in my life.

  Ang Lee

  Fighting, Identity

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

  Ang Lee

  Movie, Understanding, Actors

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• When you talk about God, the first thing that comes along is not love, it's fear. You have to fear, and be in awe. You have to be scared. Any religion, it's like first thing.

  Ang Lee

  Firsts, Scared, Awe

  "Ang Lee Deconstructs Cross-Cultural Cinematic Feat ‘Life of Pi’: 'don’t let them tell you, it’s your film language'". Interview with Anne Thompson, blogs.indiewire.com. November 21, 2012.

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• I feel like all of my characters now take this congested situation, they clash, and from there you purge yourself.

  Ang Lee

  Character, Situation, Clash

  "Ang Lee, 'Life of Pi' Director, Talks Culture Shock, Anxiety And Why His Films Fit Together". Interview with Lucas Kavner, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 19, 2012.

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• I'm not a master of films. I'm rather a slave.

  Ang Lee

  Film, Slave, Masters

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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

  Gay

  Salon, October 17, 1997.

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• I'm aware of what's missing from my life.

  Ang Lee

  Missing

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

  Ang Lee

  Movie, Thinking, Media

  "Talk Asia" with Andrew Stevens, edition.cnn.com. October 26, 2007.

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• When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me

  Ang Lee

  Strong Women, Strong, Character

  "Ang Lee and James Schamus". Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2000.

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• So it [3D] is something I'm still learning, it's fresh, so if the budget allows I'll do it again and just see how far it goes because it's the frontier, it's more interesting. It's still expensive, the projection system can be annoying sometimes, it's not really regulated or perfected yet, so it's still expensive. If I do a lower budget I'll just do 2D, but if the budget allows I think I'll try 3D.

  Ang Lee

  Thinking, Interesting, Trying

  "Ang Lee Talks LIFE OF PI, the Difficulty of Getting the Project Off the Ground, 3D as a New Artistic Form, Deleted Scenes and More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. October 3, 2012.

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• These days I'm mostly familiar with two parts of L.A.: one is movie culture, and the other is Asian culture. The Westside is work, and the Eastside is Chinese - which means my friends.

  Ang Lee

  Movie, Mean, Two

  Interview with Nancy Miller, www.lamag.com. November 20, 2012.

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• At times I can't help going for visual comfort. Sometimes a picture fills up your head, and you try to move the actors around to make that visual statement.

  Ang Lee

  Moving, Trying, Comfort

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• 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.

  Ang Lee

  Movie, Mind, Needs

  Interview with Nancy Miller, www.lamag.com. November 20, 2012.

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• A movie is really provocation. It's not a message, it's not a statement.

  Ang Lee

  Movie, Actors, Messages

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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

  Birthday, Memories, Years

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

  Ang Lee

  Chance, Canvas, Film

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