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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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Ang Lee
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 23
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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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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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As artists, we like night more than day sometimes.
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I think each movie-making process is a very exhausting and satisfying and fulfilling experience for me.
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The woman's perspective is like the dark side of the moon: it always exists, but it is never exposed, at least not in my culture.
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On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell them why you want to do it a certain way, and they argue with you. Democracy.
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In the past I've made movies that were pretty universally liked. You can't really hate them. You can discard them, but you can't really hate them.
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There's only one movie in my career I've had regrets with cutting it shorter, and I think some scenes maybe I shouldn't have cut.
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I took the name Green Destiny from - well there is such a sword called Green Destiny. It is green because you keep twisting it, it's an ancient skill, you keep twisting it and knocking it and twisting it until it is very elastic and light.
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Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.
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I feel like all of my characters now take this congested situation, they clash, and from there you purge yourself.
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So many times you see beautiful lovemaking scenes with a lot of exposure or an awkward lovemaking scene, but I think it's very rare that you see it private.
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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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American films are less American every day, because you have to please a world audience. There's less authenticity, so it's more accessible.
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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 just did a dramatic love story. Whether it's a cultural phenomenon is not for me to say.
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