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
complexity grey hungry people respect shows simplified
Things are being simplified a lot for us lately. I think people are hungry for something that shows more respect for the complexity of life, the depth, the grey areas.
exactly proud vote
I would do exactly the same. I'm so proud of the movie. They didn't vote for it. I don't know (why).
campaigns candidates culture efforts election hope met return taiwan time various
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.
winners
There's no winner. I think we're all winners because we're blessed. We're filmmakers. What a life.
hugging
Hugging her would have been a little embarrassing.
numbers goes-on needs
We need storytelling. Otherwise life just goes on and on, like the number Pi.
favourite-city cities san-francisco
San Francisco is one of my favourite cities in the world...I would probably rank it at the top or near the top. It's small but photogenic and has layers...You never have problems finding great angles that people have never done.
ocean book philosophical
Only one time in my career I had that feeling, it was for this movie. It was right before we started the physical pre-production. I pre-visualized the whole ocean part before we made the movie, I was that prepared. At one point they seemed to want to drop it because it was really risky. The budget we proposed was a lot higher than they expected, they wanted to [drop it]. After all, it's a philosophical book and a literature property, it's not Batman.
dragons
Americans are hidden dragons to me.
outsiders environment drifters
I'm a drifter and an outsider. There's not one single environment I can totally belong to.
straightforward hard
I find it hard to deliver straightforward things.
jordan taiwan streets
In Taiwan, I'd be like Michael Jordan walking down the street.
factors genuineness
The fear factor actually brings the genuineness.
terror test
I had to test a new terror in myself.