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
considered study
Film study was considered disgraceful by my father.
felt
For six years, from 1985 to 1991, I felt pretty weak and useless.
terror test
I had to test a new terror in myself.
work
I think I can work with any type of actor.
life
I think life without spirit is in the dark, it is absurd.
shy
I was very quiet, very shy and docile.
choose life material work
I'm actually living my life with the material I choose to work with.
categorize fall love people region stereotype universal
You can never categorize or stereotype a region or a place. People fall in love, period. This is a universal story ... I just wanted to make a love story.
essence life material source truth worth
The source of all the material comes from nothingness, illusion is working more on things you can prove. That's the principle, the essence of life, it is actually an illusion, not immaterial. That's worth pursuing. So illusion is not nothing. In a way, that is the truth.
life
I hate to think life is just facts and laws.
figure love work
The father figure is something I love, but also suffocate from and want to work against.