Quotes from Ang Lee

[re: 'There is another'] What was the speculation amongst fans…? … I don’t think I guessed that it was Leia. … I vaguely, vaguely remember … speculation that Boba Fett was the ‘other’. … That’s just people being idiots. — Commentary Track Stars,
Star Wars 5: Empire Strikes Back @0:11:56

People complain about the product placement in Bond films. But I always think that’s what Bond’s fighting for. He’s not fighting for people like you and me. He’s fighting for J&B and Rolex and Aston Martin. — DVDCommentaries.co.uk,
The Living Daylights @0:19:40

In 2009 … that would have just been a conversation over texts. And no one would have had to burn anything down. ‘Hey, can we have your medallion?’ ‘No.’ ‘We’ll burn your place down.’ ‘Okay fine.’ ‘LOL.’ — Sick Feats,
Raiders of the Lost Ark @0:34:24

[Tom Wilkinson] looks like an evil grandpa. An evil grandpa? Yeah. — Camera Eye,
Batman Begins

Now, if I’m fighting a vampire, I’m not gonna play dead. That’s not gonna be my strategy. … He’s not a bear. — Tysto Commentaries,
Horror of Dracula @1:22:48

Okay, here come the bubbles. It’s like, what are the bubbles doin’ here? Where’d they come from? Like they ran out of feathers, so, ‘Start up the bubble machine. We need somethin’.’ — Jon Madsen and friends,
Legend @0:28:03

Speaking of anal probing, let’s return to the topic of Citizen Kane…. — Tysto Commentaries,
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie @0:54:55

Just think of how much these guys stink. They haven’t bathed in weeks. Yeah. … In fact, she’d freak them out, ’cause she’s probably clean. [laughter, then as centurion] ‘Who are you, clean woman?!’ That and the laser gun. — Radio Free Skaro,
Doctor Who ‘The Pandorica Opens’ @0:36:38

Dick Durock kind of looks like— Swamp Thing? —a straight Rock Hudson. [laughs] He looks a lot better without the swamp sh*t on him. Ahh, tomato, tomahto. — Soju After Movie,
Any Which Way You Can @0:08:58

Every one of these gorillas is gonna try to climb this flagpole. … This was perfect. … There were people cheering in the theater. … The Kobayashi Maru. Yes! That’s perfect! The Kobayashi Maru. — Legion of Dudes,
Captain America @0:30:25

You could’ve cast Arnold Schwarzenegger in this in, say, 1985, and gone whole hog with the slaughtering of the wolves and crows and whatnot. … Schwarzenegger as the Tin Man, I would say—not in the Dorothy role. — Tysto Commentaries,
The Wizard of Oz 1:16:06

Ron was very, very put out that Harry didn’t tell him how he put his name in the Goblet of Fire but not bothered at all by the fact that he was kidnapped and used as bait. — Tysto Commentaries,
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire @2:24:37

That’s the best shot of all time. … It’s Barry Bostwick on a Zodiac, going 30 miles an hour, with a 7-foot gun, screaming at a giant whale. What more do you want?! — Down in Front,
2010: Moby Dick @1:28:07

[re: mascot fight] Alright, I’m with Randy. Best fight ever. Absolutely. Okay, what’s the death? Oh no! Death by dishwasher! — Film Sack,
Sudden Death @0:41:07

Did [Grawp] kill a child and take apart his bicycle? … Hagrid says, ‘He gets his own food.’ Is that what he’s talking about? — Tysto Commentaries,
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix @1:36:07

Oh, there goes the door! I wonder why they broke up. [laughter] I wonder why he was in a psychiatric ward for a little while there. — Cultdom Collective,
Luther ‘Episode One’ @0:33:11

Once the Nazis get the Ark, if Indy went home, it would turn out the same way. … Now, if this was a Vin Diesel movie, he would kill all the Nazis and then he would punch God back into the box. — Down in Front,
Raiders of the Lost Ark @0:04:40

This is quite slow-paced. … Slow-paced? It’s almost non-moving. [laughter] … Sandy and I disagree. I enjoy this episode. It’s a really nice character piece. — Blogtor Who,
Torchwood @0:16:04

Let’s face it, any movie about a bunch of murderers and rapists slowly getting killed off by a huge alien beast should be a lot funnier than we’ve been making it so far. — Speakeasy,
Alien 3 @1:13:34

I’m kind of Team F*** Bella. I’m like, the two of them should just be gay and get together, ’cause she doesn’t deserve either of them, quite frankly. [laughter] I’d watch that. — Down in Front,
Twilight @0:08:42

This is nice. They’re holdin’ hands. … And he’s lookin’ at her thinkin’, ‘I could’ve tapped that.’ That’s terrible! [laughter] She’s dyin’! — Blogtor Who,
Torchwood ‘Miracle Day: The Blood Line’ @0:49:21

I think I’m in the Bob Hoskins stage of my life, the drunk stage. I’ve got to find that inner child again. I’m kind of like Roger Rabbit with a slight touch of the Bob Hoskins. [laughter] … You handle your booze like Roger Rabbit. — DVDCommentaries.co.uk,
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? @0:14:30

Cheryl is now … Nicolette Foster. And she’s been working very actively in another industry of southern California, and that’d be the adult film industry. Really? … Well, I knew she looked familiar…. — Frank Farina and Soulless Minions,
Pump up the Volume @0:21:22

This movie is barely involved in the [director's] commentary of this movie. If anything, the movie is holding it back. — Play Cole Productions,
X-Men 3: The Last Stand

I feel really bad that they gave Robert Wise money to fix Star Trek: TMP, but they didn’t give William Shatner money to fix Star Trek V: TFF. Well, that would take Troubled Asset Relief Program money. — Commentary Track Stars,
Galaxy Quest @0:39:20

My friend Mark instantly pointed out on that shot of Stark [Tower] lighting up that the A was the Avengers A. — Two True Freaks,
The Avengers @0:31:38

For anyone listening to this commentary in five years’ time, a video shop was a place that had videos … you had a card, and you could rent them, a bit like stuff that you do online now. You actually had to go out of your house. — DVDCommentaries.co.uk,
The Lost Boys @0:33:24

If they can’t bring Firefly back as a show, just bring ‘em back as an animated series where they’re all babies. Wow. No comment. — Sofa Dogs,
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog @0:21:28

That’s my favorite technology so far. … The push-button wall chair. … That’s the toilet! … What does it say there? ‘Do not use while in space dock.’ [laughter] Because it just plops down on the ground in space dock?! — Jon Madsen and Trek West 5,
Star Trek 5 @0:58:50

Remember that time that 3-wheelers were found to be completely dangerous? They stopped making them? But they were so popular in the ’80s. … Steroids, 3-wheelers, cocaine— And Stallone movies. — Jon Madsen and friends,
Road House @0:37:19

[Maxi Dean and wife getting launched thru ceiling] And he just totally killed those two people. Yep. Sure did. And we’re just gonna skate right past it. — Sofa Dogs with Dorkman,
Beetlejuice @1:20:55

[Schwarzenegger was a jerk in Pumping Iron] But … I think he’s gotten nicer over the years, once he got incredibly rich and incredibly famous. That makes you nicer, doesn’t it? I think—I think—that makes you nicer. Doesn’t it? — Tysto Commentaries,
The Terminator @0:08:46

This dinner scene reminds me so much of American Psycho. [laughter] Yeah. He just needs to get his business cards out. — Batman Universe,
Batman Begins @1:14:46

I liked the robot. What?! [laughter] I didn’t expect that from you, Swithun. You liked the robot?! It’s deliberately annoying. But it was annoying in a cute way. … [pause] You liked the robot?! — Podcast of Impossible Things,
Doctor Who ‘Waters of Mars’ @0:01:15

Mythbusters … have demonstrated that you can actually paint yourself with something that shuts off your pores and doesn’t allow you to sweat and you still won’t die. — Tysto Commentaries,
Goldfinger @0:18:27

Apparently, they chose to set this in December only because … they had Christmas ornaments in the streets. … [laughs] So there you go: Psycho, it’s a Christmas movie. — Tysto Commentaries,
Psycho @0:03:17

Here are the peasants. They’re finally making their way to the outside of the castle. With their infectious dead in a cart! ‘Please let us in!’ — Terror Transmission,
Masque of the Red Death @1:09:45

There’s a comparison to be drawn between Michael Bay and Stanley Kubrick. I think they’re both about conveying an experience and not about telling a story. — Down in Front,
Transformers @0:15:56

Mare Winningham … was in St. Elmo’s Fire. … Is that like a spinoff of Sesame Street? [laughter] … Is that the guy in the bin? Elmo? — Blogtor Who,
Torchwood ‘Escape to LA’ @0:19:20

The Mist really doesn’t utilize many jump scares. … Scream … basically changed the genre forever but no one got the clues. … There is not one single jump scare in that movie. — Paxton Configuration,
The Mist @1:29:50

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