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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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Ang Lee
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 23
Film Director
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Cháozhōu Zhèn
Lǐ Ān
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Fighting for identity is something that is very much in my life.
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I don't think the Hulk is a superhero. He's the first Marvel character who is a tragic monster. Really an anti-hero.
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My cultural roots are something illusive.
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My father's family were liquidated during the Cultural Revolution in China because they were landowners. He was the only one to escape. I was born and brought up in Taiwan. But you absorb the trauma. My parents had no sense of security.
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I like to do drama, something about life that could be disappointing.
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Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically. They have to please the crowd - they're movie stars their image is their industry. It goes beyond acting.
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I find it hard to deliver straightforward things.
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Every movie I make. That’s my hideout, the place I don’t quite understand, but feel most at home.
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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.
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I like to think I'm un-categorisable.
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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 War made Taiwan. There is some truth to that.
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Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted to do, and frankly I don't think I was ready to do a big production like this.
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If you try to act, you're going to look like you're acting. So don't act.
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Emotions serve characters' purposes. That is their motivation.
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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.
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My mother loves me and everything goes well. I have no conflict with her, so that's not dramatic.
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I don't have a checklist. Whatever material excites me, they'll call for a certain genre or combination of genres. It'll come naturally and I'll be eager to learn how that thing works. I learn the rules, and I'll probably break some of them.
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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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