After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism. – Ang Lee
3D is quite a lot more advanced in animated movies for live-action movies were just taking baby steps, were just in the beginning. – Ang Lee
My father was the center of the family, and everyone tried to please him. – 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
There is a story, which is fairly well known, about when the missionaries came to Africa. They had the Bible and we, the natives, had the land. They said “Let us pray,” and we dutifully shut our eyes. When we opened them, why, they now had the land and we had the Bible. – Desmond M. Tutu, “Religious Human Rights and the Bible”