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Emotions serve characters' purposes. That is their motivation.

Ang Lee

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Ang Lee
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 23
Film Director
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Cháozhōu Zhèn
Lǐ Ān
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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.
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I think a lot of people do big movies not because they are talented artists but because they can function in the circumstances.
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Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing.
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In Taiwan, I'd be like Michael Jordan walking down the street.
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I grew up pretty peacefully, in that Eastern way. You easily solve problems, believe in harmony. Reduce conflicts, take orders until one day you give orders.
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When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me
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Depending on the budget [whether to use 3D on future movies]. I think I prefer 3D to 2D now. Also, because of 3D I have to use a digital camera, which is the way it's going anyway. That still confuses me, a digital camera versus film.
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Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun.
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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.
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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.
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If it was a choice between making movies and doing nothing, he'd probably still wish me to make movies, So he made me keep going.
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I have a lot of repression. So repression is what I make movies about.
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I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama.
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The L.A. weather is a lot like Taiwan's, where you don't observe four seasons, so the years can pass and you don't feel a thing.
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Many times when you make a movie, it feels like your biggest mistake. But even if a film isn't a hit, you shouldn't view it as a mistake.
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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.
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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.
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I have two sons in America, and all they care about in Chinese culture is Jackie Chan and Jet Li.
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