Ang Lee

For a filmmaker, it's a rare chance to do a personal film on a big canvas.

— Ang Lee

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

— Ang Lee

I hope people don't compare 2D and 3D because 3D's new, it's unfair to compare to 2D which is really sophisticated, even when we're jaded about it. 3D just began, give it a chance, let the equipment and projection system catch up and be better, let the price go down, let more filmmakers get a hold of it more easily.

— Ang Lee

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

— Ang Lee

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

— Ang Lee

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

— Ang Lee

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

— Ang Lee

Summer blockbusters are very expensive to make. They have things that have to be expensive, such as 600 effects shots or CG characters that have to go a certain way, or a film design that is different but expensive.

— Ang Lee

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

— Ang Lee