#gh

Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step. ↗

— Daniel D. Palmer

#only #step

I find it hard to deliver straightforward things. ↗

— Ang Lee

#find #hard #i #straightforward #things

I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting to pick it as my first martial arts film. It has a very strong female character and it was very abundant in classic Chinese textures. ↗

— Ang Lee

#arts #book #character #chinese #classic

Whatever happened to the tomboy I used to be, the slightly rebellious rocker? ↗

— Brenda Lee

#i #rebellious #rocker #slightly #tomboy

I took the name Green Destiny from - well there is such a sword called Green Destiny. It is green because you keep twisting it, it's an ancient skill, you keep twisting it and knocking it and twisting it until it is very elastic and light. ↗

— Ang Lee

#because #called #destiny #elastic #green

I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even to a lot of Americans. ↗

— Ang Lee

#i #lot #mainstream #only #population

It's not a pleasure torturing actors, although some of them enjoy it. ↗

— Ang Lee

#enjoy #pleasure #some #them

My culture doesn't regard acting highly. ↗

— Ang Lee

#culture #highly #regard

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. ↗

— Ang Lee

#days #earlier #family #family member #felt

Usually with this genre the first thing that happens is a good fight sequence to show that you're in good hands. So we broke that rule. I think a lot of that comes from the western audience. ↗

— Ang Lee

#broke #comes #fight #first #first thing