Ang Lee

“My culture doesn't regard acting highly.”

“My mother loves me and everything goes well. I have no conflict with her, so that's not dramatic.”

“I'm still a novice student.”

“I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person.”

“Americans are hidden dragons to me.”

“I'm a shy human being.”

“I am not particularly religious. But I think we do face the question of where God is, why we are created and where does life go, why we exist. That sort of thing. And it is very hard to talk about it these days, because it cannot be proven. It is hard to discuss it rationally.”

“I'm a storyteller.”

“I'm actually living my life with the material I choose to work with.”

“My father was the center of the family, and everyone tried to please him.”

“Summer blockbusters are very expensive to make. They have things that have to be expensive, such as 600 effects shots or CG characters that have to go a certain way, or a film design that is different but expensive.”

“For six years, from 1985 to 1991, I felt pretty weak and useless.”

“I'm quite lazy.”

“I don't lead a Hollywood lifestyle.”

“After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.”

“Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing.”

“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.”

“I think doing period piece is easier, because after a certain distance, everybody is equal, I think. The relative contemporary is harder. I think that's the way it is.”

“I don't like to deal with studios.”

“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.”