Quotes from Ang Lee

I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making.

I think I can work with any type of actor.

My father was the center of the family, and everyone tried to please him.

I think a lot of people do big movies not because they are talented artists but because they can function in the circumstances.

You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing.

If there's something that can be formulated, regulated, give you security, then nobody would lose money. Every movie would be successful. And that's certainly not the case.

The father figure is something I love, but also suffocate from and want to work against.

I have a lot of repression. So repression is what I make movies about.

I'm actually living my life with the material I choose to work with.

I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history I'm not that kind of person.

I think each movie-making process is a very exhausting and satisfying and fulfilling experience for me.

Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.

I'm not a romantic. In life I didn't have much experience with romance.

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.

These days I'm mostly familiar with two parts of L.A.: one is movie culture, and the other is Asian culture. The Westside is work, and the Eastside is Chinese - which means my friends.

I'm just a pretty regular dad.

When I sent those scripts, that was the lowest point of my life. We'd just had our second son, and when I went to collect them from hospital, I went to the bank to try and get some money to buy some diapers, the screen showed I've got $26 left.

It's a big world and there are so many things to do. Why should we repeat the same thing? Of course, there are some people who are getting better and better in one direction. But I love continuous experiments and adventure, and to learn and grow from that.

Economically, it's more expensive to make movies. I hope digital movies change that.

The fear factor actually brings the genuineness.

I hate to think life is just facts and laws.

Fighting for identity is something that is very much in my life.

I am not particularly religious. But I think we do face the question of where God is, why we are created and where does life go, why we exist. That sort of thing. And it is very hard to talk about it these days, because it cannot be proven. It is hard to discuss it rationally.

I think a movie is a media that is evoking feelings.