Habulin Ang Quotes

Just being alive should make you late for everything. In case you've never noticed, the dead are always on time. ~ Arlene Ang

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

We are all from different cultures. Heath's [Ledger] Australian, really. I'm from here. Ang's [Lee] from China. But I think Ang gets very close in preproduction and rehearsals. And then he allows his actors - I don't think scared of actors, but I think he's scared of getting in on the scenes he's watching. The space he's watching. So he just totally disconnects from you while you're shooting. ~ Jake Gyllenhaal

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

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

Mahirap ngayon ang educational system. They're out for the degree, not knowledge. ~ Ambeth R. Ocampo

I live in China Beijing :) ~ Edward Ang

Americans are hidden dragons to me. ~ Ang Lee

Ang Lee was educated in the West and his English is good. ~ Zhang Yimou

We need storytelling. Otherwise life just goes on and on, like the number Pi. ~ Ang Lee

it's only through taking risks that success can be found. ~ Jamie Bautista

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

If it was a choice between making movies and doing nothing, he'd probably still wish me to make movies, So he made me keep going. ~ Ang Lee

I'm a storyteller. ~ Ang Lee

I hate to think life is just facts and laws. ~ Ang Lee

When I see something I like, that's all that counts. What they use, how they get there, I never bother them. ~ Ang Lee

I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person. ~ Ang Lee

I'm just a pretty regular dad. ~ Ang Lee

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

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

I see a movie as a way of learning about the world, about myself, and learning about my relationship with people and art. ~ Ang Lee

I try to please everyone. ~ Ang Lee

'Brokeback Mountain' just blew me away. I'll always remember talking to Heath Ledger just after he finished that movie and he was going on about working with Ang and how incredible he was. ~ Emile Hirsch

Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted to do, and frankly I don't think I was ready to do a big production like this. ~ Ang Lee

You're my best friend's kid sister, Ang. I've known you since you were eight." He ducked his head, dragged his hands through his hair with all the frustration winding through him. "Christ, if your brother finds out, he'll have my hide. ~ J.M. Stewart

I think it[3D] should be used as a new artistic form, not as a gimmick, not to impress you but the existence of an environment that you view as a theatrical dramatic experience is - you don't just have the X-Y axis, you have the Z and that makes a difference. You still have the framing, you still use lenses, so most of the cinematic rules and languages still apply but I think it's a different existence. ~ Ang Lee

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. ~ Ang Lee

It's just what I am. When I am in the zone making one movie, I just didn't want to read anything else or do anything else, so I don't really develop projects. ~ Ang Lee

I think, if allowed, 3D is a new film language. I can have more adventure exploring a new media, that's very exciting. 2D we know most of it, things haven't changed for decades; it's the same principles, so 3D's more exciting. ~ Ang Lee

Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of. ~ Bai Ling

As artists, we like night more than day sometimes. ~ Ang Lee

So many times you see beautiful lovemaking scenes with a lot of exposure or an awkward lovemaking scene, but I think it's very rare that you see it private. ~ Ang Lee

I'm a drifter and an outsider. There's not one single environment I can totally belong to. ~ Ang Lee

When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me. ~ Ang Lee

The ship continues to sail further from our mother land, and I continue to want to be with you, wherever and however that may be. ~ Elbert Or

The first show to the journalists, that was the first one, so I was very uptight. Then I felt okay about the reception because we did a press conference with good and friendly questions, although people looked serious. So really, after the show you went to - the premiere - that reception tells me I think the movie worked, so that was a relief. I started to feel deflated. ~ Ang Lee

Even dramatically how you position some person, the depth, the existence is different than a flat image even though by itself it has depth, we create the illusion of depth. For example, some of the shots I have to stay closer to the actor because it's a young actor, I like it closer for some of the shots. I watch 2D scenes next to the camera, then when I go back to my station and watch it in 3D I have to go back and reduce his acting, he has to shrink a little bit because he peeks out more. ~ Ang Lee

The most mysterious feminine factor, the existence that we men, we don't know. It's woman. It's feminine. That's what the sword is about. That's the symbolic meaning of the sword. ~ Ang Lee

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