Top 121 Quotes by Ang Lee

It's not a pleasure torturing actors, although some of them enjoy it.

I think people are universal.

When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me.

I don't think the Hulk is a superhero. He's the first Marvel character who is a tragic monster. Really an anti-hero.

I'm a storyteller.

I am a shy person.

I guess in Hollywood you chart your life by Oscars. You say to each other, 'Remember when that movie won that year? It was 2006. Remember that?'

I don't like to deal with studios.

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.

For a filmmaker, it's a rare chance to do a personal film on a big canvas.