Ang Lee

李安 (Lǐ Ān)

Quotes

"I'm experienced enough to know that the hardest thing to tell is an epic short story; slices of life that add up to an epic feeling."

"I don't know where I am, but I never know where I am. I was born in China, then my parents moved to Taiwan, where we were outsiders, then to the States, then back to China, then back here. I trust the elusive world created by movies more than anything else. I live on the other side of the screen."

"My father's family were liquidated during the Cultural Revolution in China because they were landowners. He was the only one to escape. I was born and brought up in Taiwan. But you absorb the trauma. My parents had no sense of security. It was as if the world could turn against them at any moment."

"Nothing stands still. That's important in my movies. People want to believe in something, want to hang on to something to get security and want to trust each other. But things change. Given enough time, nothing stands still. I think seeking for security and lack of security is another thing in my movies."

"Every movie I make. That's my hideout, the place I don't quite understand, but feel most at home."

"I think I find something new in each culture after being away for a bit, and that's creatively important. You can't move forward without changing, and that's why I try to stay open to new perspectives. I want to keep learning. If there's one thing I've learned, it's that you can never learn enough."

"I was never romantic in real life. That is why I have to make movies about it"

Jacob Glazier 23:25, 3 March 2012 (UTC)