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

— Ang Lee

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I grew up pretty much prevented from knowing anything from Communist China except that they were the bad guys that stole our country. ↗

— Ang Lee

#bad #bad guys #china #communist #country

I grew up pretty peacefully, in that Eastern way. You easily solve problems, believe in harmony. Reduce conflicts, take orders until one day you give orders. ↗

— Ang Lee

#conflicts #day #easily #eastern #give

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

— Ang Lee

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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

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

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In the past I've made movies that were pretty universally liked. You can't really hate them. You can discard them, but you can't really hate them. ↗

— Ang Lee

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

— Ang Lee

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My first instinct was to cast as close to the short story as possible, but then I realized that I needed actors who could go for it and that they had to function well as a couple in a love story. ↗

— Ang Lee

#close #could #couple #first #function