Quotes By Ang Lee

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

When something possesses me, I go ahead and do it.

The most mysterious feminine factor, the existence that we men, we don't know. It's woman. It's feminine. That's what the sword is about. That's the symbolic meaning of the sword.

I think I prefer 3D to 2D now.

I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama.

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.

Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself.

I'm a big boy now, and I have to deliver.

I don't care about writing really.

The fear factor actually brings the genuineness.

The father figure is something I love, but also suffocate from and want to work against.

Emotions serve characters' purposes. That is their motivation.

Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.

What is really a stretch to me is to make quick decisions.

When I see something I like, that's all that counts. What they use, how they get there, I never bother them.

My cultural roots are something illusive.

When I have a full schedule like that, I don't see myself sitting there for a couple of months, doing the research, going through a painful process, it's just not my thing anymore.

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.

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.

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.

I think each movie-making process is a very exhausting and satisfying and fulfilling experience for me.

I'm a shy human being.

Everyone in the gay community doesn't think alike.

I don't know if I make the best gay films.

I feel that everyone has a Hulk inside, and each of our Hulks is both scary and, potentially, pleasurable. That's the scariest thing about them.

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.

The L.A. weather is a lot like Taiwan's, where you don't observe four seasons, so the years can pass and you don't feel a thing.

I'm such a late bloomer.

Kids don't even read comic books anymore. They've got more important things to do - like video games.

The source of all the material comes from nothingness, illusion is working more on things you can prove. That's the principle, the essence of life, it is actually an illusion, not immaterial. That's worth pursuing. So illusion is not nothing. In a way, that is the truth.