The shooting was a tense experience for him, and he encountered many difficulties. Lee says that while filming Sense and Sensibility, he was often brushed off-- "How can this guy direct? He can't even speak English properly," some of the film crew would think.
李安說，拍《理性與感性》時，他遭到很多排擠，部分工作人員覺得他英文都講得不太流利，怎麼能導戲？