These days Im mostly familiar with two parts of L.A.: one is movie culture, and the other is Asian culture. The Westside is work, and the Eastside is Chinese – which means my friends. – Ang Lee
In the past Ive made movies that were pretty universally liked. You cant really hate them. You can discard them, but you cant really hate them. – Ang Lee
Over the years Woodstock got glorified and romanticised and became the event that symbolised Utopia. Its the last page of our collective memory of the age of innocence. Then things turned ugly and would never be the same again. – Ang Lee
The father figure is something I love, but also suffocate from and want to work against. – Ang Lee
One day when I was like 9, I heard the Beatles on the radio, and I asked my dad who they were. He told me they were the best band in the world, and I became obsessed. He started giving me their albums in sequential order, and I listened to them – and only them – until I was probably in high school. – Lukas Haas