Ang Lee Quotes

Making a movie is a lot of problem solving.

I like to direct movies, but I don't like to goof around for eight years talking about it.

The average development time for a Hollywood movie is nine years. Nine years for a studio film. And a lot of what you do is abstract.

Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing.

There are so many decisions in making a movie.

Motion picture making is a very, very involved affair. It is completely my baby. I'm a thorough professional. I plan films right from the conception of an idea to its final execution.

Production for movies or TV is very painstaking and slow.

It takes a long time to put a movie together. It can take years.

You need a director, a script, and a role to justify a risk.

The next movie I do is not going to be in school.

Movies are in a much longer production conversation before an actor is even involved. I always thought of actors as the last piece of the puzzle - so you're a tool.

'Alice' took over two years to make and took a great deal of planning, obviously much more than usual. We spent so much more time prepping the film, and that was unique for us.

I think a film should have a gestation period of at least two or three years.

I've produced a couple of films and really enjoyed starting it from the very beginning and seeing it all the way through to the end; that was very gratifying.

When you make your first film, there is a hell of a lot to think about, and you've got to have a gut understanding of your material.

Working on a film is so great because you have the luxury of more time when you're on a movie than when you're on television.

It's actually much harder to develop a TV show than I had anticipated.

I started developing 'The Revenant' before 'Birdman.'

Producing a film is not an easy job at all.

I have become a full-fledged producer. I spend a lot of time on pre-production work.

It takes two years to make a good film.

I have a notebook, and I know what decisions will be made in pre-production. Everything is pre-determined in the pre-production period. I visually design the whole thing, and I know when things will happen.

Eventually one day I want to direct, but as of right now my next cap that I'm looking for is the producer cap.

It takes a long time to get a film made.

They're talking about a movie I don't want to hold to that because in this business you can talk about things for years before they get done - god knows if the financing would happen.