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

Ang Lee

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Ang Lee
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: October 23
Film Director
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Cháozhōu Zhèn
Lǐ Ān
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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'm not a romantic. In life I didn't have much experience with romance.
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I just did a dramatic love story. Whether it's a cultural phenomenon is not for me to say.
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Mostly it's like, I get inspired by something and I want to learn that part of filmmaking, I want to delve into that kind of depth. And leading, also, a lot of people. A lot of people, for two years of their life they follow me, and they believe what I believe in. So that's some responsibility and I'd like to make it worth the effort.
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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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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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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.
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There's a certain time in the core of making a movie from pre-production to halfway through post-production I don't read any project, my agent will tell people that he's not reading. And then when I know how the movie's probably gonna work halfway into post-production, I'll come along.
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