Ang Lee
Ang Lee
Ang Lee OBSis a Taiwanese-born Chinese-American film director, screenwriter and producer...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth23 October 1954
CityPingtung, Taiwan
CountryChina
heart thinking chinese
I think that at heart I am an old-fashioned Chinese, really I am.
book kids games
Kids don't even read comic books anymore. They've got more important things to do - like video games.
drama disappointing
I like to do drama, something about life that could be disappointing.
believe responsibility years
Mostly it's like, I get inspired by something and I want to learn that part of filmmaking, I want to delve into that kind of depth. And leading, also, a lot of people. A lot of people, for two years of their life they follow me, and they believe what I believe in. So that's some responsibility and I'd like to make it worth the effort.
movie chinese trying
I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making.
thinking process movie-making
I think each movie-making process is a very exhausting and satisfying and fulfilling experience for me.
boys bigs
I'm a big boy now, and I have to deliver.
ocean book philosophical
Only one time in my career I had that feeling, it was for this movie. It was right before we started the physical pre-production. I pre-visualized the whole ocean part before we made the movie, I was that prepared. At one point they seemed to want to drop it because it was really risky. The budget we proposed was a lot higher than they expected, they wanted to [drop it]. After all, it's a philosophical book and a literature property, it's not Batman.
jordan taiwan streets
In Taiwan, I'd be like Michael Jordan walking down the street.
hate past made
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.
firsts scared awe
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...
support guy steps
So there was one point I thought I was gonna lose it, but once I get on something I have to finish it; I just kept persuading them and they turned around. One good thing was the international guys really stood behind this movie, they thought they could support this film. So these guys step up and that's really good, and then they turned around.
chance canvas film
For a filmmaker, it's a rare chance to do a personal film on a big canvas.
actors pleasure enjoy
It's not a pleasure torturing actors, although some of them enjoy it.