I just did a dramatic love story. Whether it's a cultural phenomenon is not for me to say. |
I know these themes have obstacles. They have to be promoted carefully. |
I like the unknown place. I think the American West, true west, not west in movies, it's very romantic. It's lighthearted. It's a place that I hardly know, and I like to explore that. |
I remember thinking to myself 'Does he have a lady thing with her?'. |
I rode horses with cowboys, talked with them and observed many things in details. |
I spend so much time making movies I sometimes get too uptight, too critical to enjoy them. [But this year] I have seen and loved so many of my colleagues' films. That makes this award … so much more special because I think it has been an amazing year for American cinema. |
I think it's easier today, even though it still can be impossible in some places. I think we're moving toward a more open-minded world, more tolerant. But still, it can be difficult. |
I think the macho established with the West kind of conflicts with the idea of being homosexual. Sexually, I think they don't get along, but they coexist very basically, naturally, under mother nature. I think they are dangerously close, but people just don't want to deal with that. |
I think this has been an amazing year for American cinema. |
I think this has been an amazing year for American cinema. So I just want to give my first thanks to my fellow filmmakers for strengthening my faith in movies. |
I think this year is the year that small movies get attention because they deal with complexities, they go to the gray area. They deal with issues, and they ask questions; they don't really give resolution. That's the mood this year. |
I thought it was a small work of love. I never thought it would play like this. |
I was nervous last time, likely because I shouldered a cultural mission for reinvigorating the Chinese-language film industry back then. |
I wish I knew how to quit you. |
I would do exactly the same. I'm so proud of the movie. They didn't vote for it. I don't know (why). |