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
movie digital actors
Economically, it's more expensive to make movies. I hope digital movies change that.
writing men views
The thing we call critics are not really reviewers, they are not really critics. They don't have the discipline to write what we would term as critique - it's really just reviewers. They have a common man kind of taste. If you watch them overall, they are not different from the box-office. That's my view.
movie actors comedy
After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.
fun inspiration people
Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun.
shoes culture tradition
In my culture, there's a tradition that when you're in an overwhelming situation and you don't know what to do, you put yourself in a woman's shoes.
air hometown force
My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases.
mother conflict dramatic
My mother loves me and everything goes well. I have no conflict with her, so that's not dramatic.
factors genuineness
The fear factor actually brings the genuineness.
years weather four
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.
way scene rehearsing
The way I go about a lovemaking scene is that we will talk about it during the rehearsing time.
movie thinking actors
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.
writing scripts
When I started out, nobody gave me scripts, so I had to write.
When something possesses me, I go ahead and do it.
thinking
I like to think I'm un-categorisable,