QUICKQUOTE: ANG LEE

The Associated Press, Sunday, February 24, 2013, 11:14pm (PST)

"I think sometimes this disadvantage can be an advantage. The fact that I come from another culture makes me special."_Ang Lee, encouraging Asian and other non-American filmmakers to take on Hollywood after he won the directing Oscar for "Life of Pi."

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