2023-09-28 09:40:32
The 60th Golden Horse Awards invited international famous director Ang Lee to return to Taiwan and serve as the chairman of the jury once more following 10 years. Many Taiwanese filmmakers and audiences were very happy and expected following learning this, because he is Ang Lee, whom many international superstars respect. Director! But what Sister Tao wants to show you today is the story of Ang Lee and his wife Lin Huijia who have been married for 40 years. The combination of a film director and a molecular biologist is less regarding the romance of the movie and more regarding tea, rice, oil and salt. It’s indifferent, but this kind of marriage is even more admirable and admirable.
Lin Huijia makes money, and Li An takes care of the family
The delicate and sensitive Ang Lee, the cheerful and unrestrained Lin Huijia, one has a master’s degree from the Film Institute of New York University, and the other has a PhD in biology from the University of Illinois. The two people, who seemed to have completely different styles, got married in 1983.
Ang Lee and Huijia Lin got married in New York in 1983.
After graduation, Lin Huijia got a well-paid research job at New York Medical College, while Ang Lee stayed at home for six years, looking for opportunities to make movies in production companies. At home, he usually buried his head in books, bought groceries, picked up children, and occasionally drove a taxi part-time.
During those six years, Lin Huijia became the breadwinner of the family. She never complained regarding Ang Lee. “I have always respected him very much.” She never felt that she had married the wrong person.
Once Li An was forced by reality to secretly learn computers and wanted to change his career. Lin Huijia said to him angrily: “There are so many computer students, and you, Li An, are the only one!” She respected and affirmed Li An’s ideals, and Li An also saw Lin Huijia. She respects her and takes care of the chores at home, allowing her to focus on her career without any worries.
Lin Huijia’s stocking philosophy
Many people in modern times clamor for equality between men and women, but no matter which side of the couple supports the entire family on their own, it is a very heavy pressure. Therefore, many interviews later asked Lin Huijia: Is your heart unbalanced?
After Ang Lee spent six years pursuing his dream of directing, Lin Huijia shouldered the financial burden of the family on one shoulder.
Lin Huijia said: “I will not tell others what I hope for you. I only have expectations for myself.” For her, everyone is an independent individual, including getting married, having children, and raising a family. She fully respects it. The husband and children only focus on doing what they can do.
Later, Ang Lee won all the film awards and became an internationally famous director. Everyone praised Lin Huijia as the important driving force behind Ang Lee and the woman who supported him to realize his dream. However, in an exclusive interview, Lin Huijia modestly said: “I have no support. He, I just don’t care regarding him, at most I don’t hold him back.”
Lin Huijia said: “When Ang Lee was not the director, I was me. After Ang Lee became the director, I was still Lin Huijia.”
Ang Lee: Respect is far more important than love.
From being unknown to being the most famous Chinese director in the world today, Ang Lee’s attitude towards life has not changed at all. He is still the ordinary husband who calls himself “hepecked”. Like his two children, he relies on Lin Huijia and likes to be around her. He said that every time he comes home from filming and sees his wife, it is the happiest moment for him.
There was an interview where the host asked Ang Lee to share the secret of maintaining a marriage. He said without thinking: “I feel that in marriage, no amount of love is more important than respect. Respect is far more important than love.」
Ang Lee: “Respect is far more important than love.”
“Just because I’m a father or a husband doesn’t mean that I can naturally gain their respect. You still have to earn their respect every day, and you have to meet a certain standard. This keeps me from slacking off. a reason.”
“If you don’t know how to respect the other person, this kind of relationship is difficult to maintain. When you don’t work hard, when you are lazy, when you are perfunctory, when you tell lies, disrespect is disrespect, and you can see it in your eyes. Coming out is not regarding attitude, you can’t force others, it’s all natural.”
Happiness thrives forever due to respect
In 1999, when “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” won multiple Oscars, Ang Lee said on stage: “My wife is not as beautiful as the heroine Yu Xiulian, but she has her perseverance; she also has Yu Jiaolong’s deviant personality, because she Sometimes it’s scary.” In almost every movie he makes, there is a shadow of Lin Huijia.
Ang Lee and Lin Huijia’s mutual respect made their marriage peaceful and peaceful.
In 2001, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” did not win the Golden Horse Award for Best Director. A reporter asked Ang Lee his thoughts. Ang Lee said: “I really want to go home quickly and be scolded by my wife.”
In 2013, Ang Lee won his second Oscar for director for “Life of Pi”. He excitedly shouted on stage: “My wife’s name is Lin Huijia. We have been married for 30 years. I love you!”
In 2022, an exclusive interview with Ang Lee asked: “What is your greatest happiness at this stage?” Ang Lee said: “My wife can smile at me, and I will relax a little, and I will feel very happy.”
Lin Huijia respects Li An’s dream, and Li An respects his wife’s feelings, making this marriage a peaceful one.
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