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You become the movie you are making.

Ang Lee

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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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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. So when I think of doing that I was very excited. It didn't go as far as I think it should, I'm still a novice, but I think it's fair to say it's a new cinematic medium, experience.
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It's just what I am. When I am in the zone making one movie, I just didn't want to read anything else or do anything else, so I don't really develop projects.
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When I sent those scripts, that was the lowest point of my life. We'd just had our second son, and when I went to collect them from hospital, I went to the bank to try and get some money to buy some diapers, the screen showed I've got $26 left.
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I think a movie is a media that is evoking feelings.
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The way I go about a lovemaking scene is that we will talk about it during the rehearsing time.
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I don't like to deal with studios. I don't like to have conversations with executives. I pitch to the studio, then never talk to them until the test screening.
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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 care about writing really.
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Many times when you make a movie, it feels like your biggest mistake. But even if a film isn't a hit, you shouldn't view it as a mistake.
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If the movie is quiet I generally feel the audience is busy. That's when they're working.
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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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When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me
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When I see something I like, that's all that counts. What they use, how they get there, I never bother them.
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I had to find my way of translating the excitement you get when you're reading comic books to the big screen.
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Americans are hidden dragons to me.
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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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When I started out, nobody gave me scripts, so I had to write...
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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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When you talk about God, the first thing that comes along is not love, it's fear. You have to fear, and be in awe. You have to be scared. Any religion, it's like first thing.
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It's not a pleasure torturing actors, although some of them enjoy it.
Ang Lee