Ang Lee Quotes on Movies (18 Quotes)


    I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting to pick it as my first martial arts film. It has a very strong female character and it was very abundant in classic Chinese textures.

    I think this has been an amazing year for American cinema. So I just want to give my first thanks to my fellow filmmakers for strengthening my faith in movies.

    This was supposed to be my homecoming project. I'm really taking to heart how this film is performing in America.

    I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie, and I'm not gay. I learned as I went along.

    They taught all of us who made the movie so much - not just about the gay men and women whose love is denied by society, but the greatness of love itself.


    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

    So I want to give my first thanks to my fellow filmmakers for strengthening my faith in the power of movies to change the way we're thinking.

    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.

    I would do exactly the same. I'm so proud of the movie. They didn't vote for it. I don't know (why).

    Don't watch the film with 'colored glasses' and it's a very touching love story.

    Mainstream films have occupied Hollywood, but you can get bored very easily. It can be very repetitive, and I think now we want something fresh and something inspiring and different, daring. The mainstream film is very expensive to make and it scares people. It's made for the worldwide audience, you have to please so many people, and the business men start running the movies rather than artists.

    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.

    I think that's important in Western cowboy poetry, literature and therefore in the movie, is that things are in the air. They've got space and time.

    This year, I'm particularly happy for the movies that were in, that are coming out. I feel very not only honored, but it's just a pleasure to be with those so-called small movies.

    It's a pleasure to be (in the company of) these so-called small movies. But I think it's the opposite. The thoughts are very big and these films are very special to me.

    I like the unknown place. I think the American West, true west, not west in movies, it's very romantic. It's lighthearted. It's a place that I hardly know, and I like to explore that.

    I don't really believe in film competitions or that you can compare filmmakers. But I do believe this recognition is a great honor.

    I spend so much time making movies I sometimes get too uptight, too critical to enjoy them. But this year I have seen and loved so many of my colleagues' films. That makes this award so much more special because I think it has been an amazing year for American cinema.


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