Ang Lee

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. ”

I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie, and I'm not gay. I learned as I went along. ”

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

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. ”

My mother loves me and everything goes well. I have no conflict with her, so that's not dramatic. ”

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. ”

There's only one movie in my career I've had regrets with cutting it shorter, and I think some scenes maybe I shouldn't have cut. ”

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

I do like challenge. ”

On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell them why you want to do it a certain way, and they argue with you. Democracy. ”