You know, movie, once you make it, people take it away.

You have no control.

It's not your movie anyway.

People say what I want.

Sometimes fair, sometimes it's flattering, sometimes unfair.

It doesn't matter.

But the working experience is something nobody taking away from you.

Just working with people are good at something.

It can be a helicopter driver, controlling camera, like doing AD work in dangerous,

camera movement, just watching people doing amazing things and enjoying it in their own world.

And I get to collect them and actors, of course, doing their thing. People

good at what they do and they enjoy doing it. That's the biggest pleasure I have.

Hello, and welcome back to the Director's Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.

Today's episode features the DGA Special Projects Committee's recent event, The Crafts

the director, Ang Lee.

This series of conversations with master filmmakers features an in-depth discussion about

the directing process, from pre-production through post.

Mr. Lee's directorial work includes the feature film's Gemini Man, Billy Lynn's long halftime

walk, Hulk, lust caution, sense and sensibility,

and life of pie. In 2001, he became the first ethnically diverse director to win the DGA's

feature film award for Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and earned his second DGA award five years

later for the film Brokeback Mountain. Please enjoy Mr. Lee's conversation with fellow director Jeremy Kagan in front of a virtual

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