Ang Lee is an outsider in the entertainment world. You seldom find his name in the tabloids. Yet the mild gentleman excels at making movies, masterly combining Eastern and Western cultures. He is often hailed as the best Chinese language director as well as one of the best in Hollywood.

Ang Lee

"Life is what the 'Book of Change' said, forever changing. It's all about timing and tuning."

"Film is an interesting thing. Those who love freedom love making films."

"We are all making the most of the power we have."

In Life of Pi, Ang Lee embraced the three most difficult things to shoot and put them all together in a 3D film, water, animals and children. And the story of Pi's adventure on the sea earned him four Oscars. The director says shooting the film was even harder than imagined.

Ang Lee, director, said:"No matter how hard you imagine, how carefully you plan, how daringly and delicately you calculate, it is always many times more difficult in reality."

"I think it's an adventure, and I'm ambitious enough to fight. I believed it would be an exciting story to depict for everybody. We learn as we progress and our boss pays the bill."

Ang Lee is like the boy he portrays in "Life of Pi", modest and gentle, yet there's a tiger inside his heart. He ventures into multiple themes.

Ang Lee said:"I shoot films. I create illusions, inspire and enlighten. This is my job and I love it. So I am always interested in challenging themes. Sometimes I think I'm a natural, or that I am lucky, or that I work very hard. But as films increase in number, it might be time now to give myself some credit. First of all, I do research."

"It's simple but calls for a lot of work, to get things back to what they used to be. Anybody can do it as long as you put your heart and effort into it. It's really not that difficult. But many people don't have the heart to do it."

"Next it's the atmosphere. It's harder than research, so a lot of experience is needed. I like to go to the place where the story takes place and soak in the environment. For example, I went to Shanghai before to shoot a story that happened there. You can always feel something different and unique about the city, its culture, its air, its people and you need to respect it."

Ang Lee said:"Many Hollywood films like to impose their favored ideas on others. I think it's not right. So I approach it in another way. I come from the east, so I'm much more careful. You need to respect others and their cultures and values, and by asking and learning, and picturing it as it is."

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