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San Francisco is one of my favourite cities in the world...I would probably rank it at the top or near the top. It's small but photogenic and has layers...You never have problems finding great angles that people have never done.

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Ang Lee
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 23
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Cháozhōu Zhèn
Lǐ Ān
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I'm not a master of films. I'm rather a slave.
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My father was the center of the family, and everyone tried to please him.
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I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making.
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I'm aware of what's missing from my life.
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I'm a big boy now, and I have to deliver.
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When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me
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I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history I'm not that kind of person.
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