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It's not a pleasure torturing actors, although some of them enjoy it.

Ang Lee

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Ang Lee
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 23
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Writer
Cháozhōu Zhèn
Lǐ Ān
Actors
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Torturing
Although
Pleasure

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