Rithy Panh Quotes

Cannes or Oscars is not only to bring happiness and recognition - they protect people like me. The world knows who you are. You can work. You can express. You can help other people. It's not only the star system. It's a symbol of freedom.

Rithy Panh

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: April 18, 1964

Topics

WorkHappinessFreedomPeopleWorld

I write music to both the situations and the lyrics in plays.

Jerome Kern

MusicWriteLyricsBothSituations

All the Jewish tradition I had came from my grandmother, who grew up in Palestine and eloped with my grandfather and went to New York. She lived very close to us until she died when I was around 20. She sang a lot of songs, led the Passover seders. It was a very rich part of my life, and my grandmother was a big part of my life.

Jenny Scheinman

LifeNew YorkRichMy LifeTradition

My career as a magazine writer was largely prefaced on the idea of curiosity, to go on adventures and weasel my way into the lives of people that I admire.

John Hodgman

PeopleCuriosityCareerGoWayIdea

The responsible use of earmarks can have public benefits.

Jeff Fortenberry

ResponsibleBenefitsUsePublic

We're all struggling to get out of the past. We see something that reminds us of something, and then we bring our baggage into the present. Then we project it onto people constantly.

Sophie B. Hawkins

PastPeoplePresentProjectSeeOut

At 16, I got into local-education archaeology classes - you got to go to summer digs. It allowed me to be both intellectual and a bad girl with a wicked social life every evening!

Mary Beard

LifeGirlMeEveningYouBad

I've always noticed that girls cry way easier than guys do.

Michael Pena

CryWayAlwaysEasierThanNoticed

One of the wonderful things about 'Jason Bourne' and that franchise is getting to work the same people sporadically and over the course of many years. I'm not so keen on having to get to know a whole group of people.

Julia Stiles

WorkPeopleKnowGroupSameOver

Military investigations are designed not to find anyone guilty. And you can't investigate up the chain of command, which is a huge impediment.

Jon Krakauer

YouFindGuiltyMilitaryUpChain

Don't get me wrong. I don't take anything for granted. But it seems like the better I play, the more attention I get. And I can't get away from it. You play great, you get attention. But I hate attention. It is weird. I'm in a bind. The more you win, the more they come.

Derrick Rose

GreatHateMeWinBetterWeird

My books are about losers, about people who've lost their way and are engaged in a search.

Antonio Tabucchi

PeopleSearchLostWayBooksLosers

Generally, if a good script comes in I read it, and if it appeals to me, it appeals to me. And it doesn't have to be anything - it doesn't have to be the main character, it doesn't have to be a huge part. It could be a nice cameo - anything that I think is good and surrounded by good, enthusiastic people.

Alison Doody

GoodCharacterPeopleMeThinkNice

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