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I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama. ↗

— Ang Lee

#american #attracts #because #desert #drama

Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically. They have to please the crowd - they're movie stars; their image is their industry. It goes beyond acting. ↗

— Ang Lee

#beyond #careers #commercially #crowd #economically

Sometimes films ignore other points of view because it's simpler to tell the story that way, but the more genuine and sympathetic you are to different points of view and situations, the more real the story is. ↗

— Ang Lee

#different #different points #films #genuine #ignore

3D is quite a lot more advanced in animated movies; for live-action movies we're just taking baby steps, we're just in the beginning. ↗

— Ang Lee

#advanced #animated #baby #beginning #in the beginning

After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism. ↗

— Ang Lee

#comedy #cynicism #i #looking #making

As artists, we like night more than day sometimes. ↗

— Ang Lee

#day #like #more #night #sometimes

Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun. ↗

— Ang Lee

#fun #get #i #inspiration #kinds

Do nothing in haste, look well to each step, and from the beginning think what may be the end. ↗

— Edward Whymper

#each #end #haste #look #may

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

— Ang Lee

#filmmaking #films #history #i #incredible

If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can. ↗

— Ivan Lendl

#i can #know #play #practice #should