#mer

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

I have two sons in America, and all they care about in Chinese culture is Jackie Chan and Jet Li. ↗

— Ang Lee

#america #care #chan #chinese #chinese culture

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

— Ang Lee

#american movies #apply #big #chinese #film-making

I'm such a late bloomer. ↗

— Ang Lee

#i #late #late bloomer #such

When I grew up, in Taiwan, the Korean War was seen as a good war, where America protected Asia. It was sort of an extension of World War II. And it was, of course, the peak of the Cold War. People in Taiwan were generally proAmerican. The Korean War made Japan. And then the Vietnam War made Taiwan. There is some truth to that. ↗

— Ang Lee

#asia #cold #cold war #course #extension

When I'm not working, I get very down, but when I am working, I get very immersed in it. ↗

— Ang Lee

#down #get #i #i am #immersed

If a budget is designed to show our values, it's clear where the majority stands: against opportunity, against education, and against America's hard-working, tax-paying middle class. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

#america #budget #class #clear #designed

I was nuts about Elvis, like every girl in America. ↗

— Brenda Lee

#america #elvis #every #girl #i

America, I am not ignoring you. ↗

— Sheila Jackson Lee

#america #i #i am #ignoring #you

The issue I have always felt most strongly about is hunger in America, in particular the children. ↗

— Sandra Lee

#always #america #children #felt #hunger