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
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.
deals studios
I don't like to deal with studios.
thinking interesting trying
So it's something I'm still learning, it's fresh, so if the budget allows I'll do it again and just see how far it goes because it's the frontier, it's more interesting. It's still expensive, the projection system can be annoying sometimes, it's not really regulated or perfected yet, so it's still expensive. If I do a lower budget I'll just do 2D, but if the budget allows I think I'll try 3D.
hero character thinking
I don't think the Hulk is a superhero. He's the first Marvel character who is a tragic monster. Really an anti-hero.
heart thinking chinese
I think that at heart I am an old-fashioned Chinese, really I am.
acting example different
Even dramatically how you position some person, the depth, the existence is different than a flat image even though by itself it has depth, we create the illusion of depth. For example, some of the shots I have to stay closer to the actor because it's a young actor, I like it closer for some of the shots. I watch 2D scenes next to the camera, then when I go back to my station and watch it in 3D I have to go back and reduce his acting, he has to shrink a little bit because he peeks out more.
straightforward hard
I find it hard to deliver straightforward things.
book kids games
Kids don't even read comic books anymore. They've got more important things to do - like video games.
use bother
When I see something I like, that's all that counts. What they use, how they get there, I never bother them.
fighting identity
Fighting for identity is something that is very much in my life.
dark moon perspective
The woman's perspective is like the dark side of the moon: it always exists, but it is never exposed, at least not in my culture.
motivation character purpose
Emotions serve characters' purposes. That is their motivation.
missing
I'm aware of what's missing from my life.
movie digital actors
Economically, it's more expensive to make movies. I hope digital movies change that.