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Mostly it's like, I get inspired by something and I want to learn that part of filmmaking, I want to delve into that kind of depth. And leading, also, a lot of people. A lot of people, for two years of their life they follow me, and they believe what I believe in. So that's some responsibility and I'd like to make it worth the effort.

Ang Lee

Believe, Responsibility, Years

"Ang Lee Talks LIFE OF PI, the Difficulty of Getting the Project Off the Ground, 3D as a New Artistic Form, Deleted Scenes and More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. October 3, 2012.

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I'm a big boy now, and I have to deliver.

Ang Lee

Boys, Bigs

Interview with Scott B., www.ign.com. June 17, 2003.

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When I have a full schedule like that, I don't see myself sitting there for a couple of months, doing the research, going through a painful process, it's just not my thing anymore.

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Couple, Sitting, Schedules

"Ang Lee and James Schamus". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2000.

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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.

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Thinking, Ice, Storm

The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2000.

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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.

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Summer, Character, Design

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So anything that's not absolutely needed, we would cut it [footage] out, which would make me very insecure; everything has to work, and it's a water movie in 3D with a kid, animals. So the more I do that, the more I'm scared of "What if it doesn't go the way we want it?" But we had to do that to meet the budget, otherwise we wouldn't even have a start-date.

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Kids, Cutting, Insecure

"Ang Lee Talks LIFE OF PI, the Difficulty of Getting the Project Off the Ground, 3D as a New Artistic Form, Deleted Scenes and More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. October 3, 2012.

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When I grew up, in Taiwan, the Korean War was seen as a good war, where America protected Asia. It was sort of an extension of World War II. And it was, of course, the peak of the Cold War. People in Taiwan were generally proAmerican. The Korean War made Japan. And then the Vietnam War made Taiwan. There is some truth to that.

Ang Lee

War, America, Japan

Interview with Liev Schreiber, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 28, 2009.

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

Ang Lee

Fun, Inspiration, People

"Ang Lee and James Schamus". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2000.

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Beautifully-acted and precisely observed, ILO ILO is an amazing debut, full of heart and intelligence.

Ang Lee

Heart, Debut

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As artists, we like night more than day sometimes.

Ang Lee

Night, Artist, Sometimes

Interview with Liev Schreiber, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 7, 2009.

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Depending on the budget [whether to use 3D on future movies]. I think I prefer 3D to 2D now. Also, because of 3D I have to use a digital camera, which is the way it's going anyway. That still confuses me, a digital camera versus film.

Ang Lee

Thinking, Cameras, Use

"Ang Lee Talks LIFE OF PI, the Difficulty of Getting the Project Off the Ground, 3D as a New Artistic Form, Deleted Scenes and More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. October 3, 2012.

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Even dramatically how you position some person, the depth, the existence [in 3D] 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.

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Acting, Actors, Littles

"Ang Lee Talks LIFE OF PI, the Difficulty of Getting the Project Off the Ground, 3D as a New Artistic Form, Deleted Scenes and More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. October 3, 2012.

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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

Thinking, Views, Differences

"Ang Lee Talks LIFE OF PI, the Difficulty of Getting the Project Off the Ground, 3D as a New Artistic Form, Deleted Scenes and More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. October 3, 2012.

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3D is quite a lot more advanced in animated movies; for live-action movies we're just taking baby steps, we're just in the beginning. So when I think of doing that I was very excited. It didn't go as far as I think it should, I'm still a novice, but I think it's fair to say it's a new cinematic medium, experience.

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Baby, Thinking, Steps

"Ang Lee Talks LIFE OF PI, the Difficulty of Getting the Project Off the Ground, 3D as a New Artistic Form, Deleted Scenes and More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. October 3, 2012.

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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.

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Order, People, Giving

Salon, October 17, 1997.

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So I'm a one movie at a time person, I don't develop. Normally we do a movie then one thing leads to another. If something pops up that catches my attention, then I'll decide.

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Attention, Pops, Persons

"Ang Lee Talks LIFE OF PI, the Difficulty of Getting the Project Off the Ground, 3D as a New Artistic Form, Deleted Scenes and More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. October 3, 2012.

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

Ang Lee

Drama, Thinking, Romantic Love

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Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing.

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Writing, Directors, Kind

"Ang Lee and James Schamus". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2000.

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I think a lot of people do big movies not because they are talented artists but because they can function in the circumstances.

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Movie, Artist, Thinking

"The long and the shirt of it" by Ang Lee, www.theguardian.com. July 06, 2003.

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When I started out, nobody gave me scripts, so I had to write...

Ang Lee

Writing, Scripts

"Ang Lee and James Schamus". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2000.

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Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself.

Ang Lee

Honesty, Issues, Being Honest

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I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making.

Ang Lee

Movie, Chinese, Trying

"Tiger, Tiger burning bright". Interview with Andrew Pulver, www.theguardian.com. November 3, 2000.

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I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even to a lot of Americans.

Ang Lee

Population, World, West

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

Ang Lee

Movie, Actors, Kind

Interview with Karan Johar, www.hindustantimes.com. November 4, 2012.

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The L.A. weather is a lot like Taiwan's, where you don't observe four seasons, so the years can pass and you don't feel a thing.

Ang Lee

Years, Weather, Taiwan

Interview with Nancy Miller, www.lamag.com. November 20, 2012.

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Born: October 23, 1954
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