娱乐英语新闻:Ang Lee featured on "DGA Quarterly" cover

BEIJING, May 23 -- Chinese-American film director Ang Lee is the latest cinematic superstar to appear on the cover of the prestigious "DGA Quarterly" magazine, the official publication of the Directors Guild of America, Mtime.com reports.

"DGA Quarterly" has boasted many great names within its pages, such as Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and James Cameron.

The magazine applauds Lee for breaking new ground with universally appealing stories like "Brokeback Mountain" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". His repertoire is so diverse it seems the only thing Ang Lee won't do is repeat himself.

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Asked about how he feels talking to the magazine, Lee said, "It's great to have gotten to a place where I can share advice and experience with my fellows in this way."

Lee talked about the reasons behind wanting to shoot his next film "Life of Pi", based on the book by Yann Martel. He said that he was intrigued by the story when he read it in 2001 but didn't think it could be made into a movie. Then while he was starting his 2009 movie "Taking Woodstock", Fox 2000 approached him and said the project had become available again.