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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That's just a real-life condition I have to deal with. It has nothing to do with me doing the movie. I cannot dilute or intensify the movie because of the political environment. I cannot wait until the world is perfect to make my movie. If I don't do it, somebody else will -- and I will be very jealous. So I didn't really give it too much thought.Ang Lee
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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It's been five years since the last time I stood here. But in my mind, I've never left the independent spirit.
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I had to fight with my background ... but I also had to live in the general environment. People have to be categorized. That's very annoying. Don't you find that annoying Life shouldn't be like that. The world isn't like that. There's a lot of complexity. There are exceptions.
Ang Lee
Every time I return to Taiwan, I am met with various election campaigns with pos ters of candidates everywhere. I hope Taiwan can make more efforts in culture and life.
Ang Lee
That's why we make movies. Otherwise, we just have a leader issue an order and we all follow. Why else would there be filmmakers like us Why else would people lock themselves in a dark room and watch a movie together
Ang Lee
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