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
choose life material work
I'm actually living my life with the material I choose to work with.
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.
lady remember thinking
I remember thinking to myself 'Does he have a lady thing with her?'.
small work
I thought it was a small work of love. I never thought it would play like this.
figure love work
The father figure is something I love, but also suffocate from and want to work against.
hugging
Hugging her would have been a little embarrassing.
dealing political push specific trying
I didn't have a specific message. I wasn't trying to push any political issues. We are dealing here with love.
I'm not macho, I'm not a Mel Gibson sort of person.
shy
I was very quiet, very shy and docile.
life
I think life without spirit is in the dark, it is absurd.
work
I think I can work with any type of actor.
terror test
I had to test a new terror in myself.
best
I don't know if I make the best gay films.
felt
For six years, from 1985 to 1991, I felt pretty weak and useless.