Rithy Panh Quotes

When I make a film, I don't watch a lot of other films. I read a lot; I try to read poems, things that can liberate my human condition, that make me go away... I spend a lot of the time doing nothing, just concentrating on the subject. Sometimes I'll sit in my chair for two or three hours without doing anything.

Rithy Panh

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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TimeMeDoingChairSometimesThree

You can plan events, but if they go according to your plan they are not events.

John Berger

PlanYouGoEventsYourAccording

The problem is, when you're working with orchestras, you only get the orchestra for about two hours before the performance to pull it all together, and that doesn't sound like a real collaboration.

Andrew Bird

TogetherCollaborationPerformance

'Looking' was always a niche show for a niche within a niche. It's a gay-themed show, so you're not going to get millions of straight people watching it - that's the inevitability of it.

Andrew Haigh

PeopleLookingYouWatchingWithin

I just have so few sunrises left, and I want to be happy.

Stewart Rahr

HappyBe HappyWantLeftJustFew

We have a normal. As you move outside of your comfort zone, what was once the unknown and frightening becomes your new normal.

Robin S. Sharma

Comfort ZoneYouComfortNewUnknown

When you're walking down the street, or you're at a restaurant, someone catches your eye because they have their own look. It goes way beyond what they're wearing - into their mannerisms, the way they smile, or just the way they hold themselves.

Mary-Kate Olsen

SmileEyeRestaurantWalkingSomeone

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

Michelangelo

BeautifulPainNeverSeeHearMuch

Ultimately, I think what I want from my career is to be able to create work for myself, and there's only so much you can do as an actor in a movie.

Lucas Hedges

WorkMyselfThinkYouCareerCreate

Some comedies, they want you falling on your face and doing silly things.

Jason Statham

FaceDoingSillyYouWantFalling

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that we are thinking faster, too.

Christopher Morley

PeopleThinkingMechanicalImagine

You got to go down a lot of wrong roads to find the right one.

Bob Parsons

RoadsYouFindDownWrongGo

Meryl Streep's got talent, she's got skills. I'm sure she wants to be on 'Cougar Town,' right?

Brian Van Holt

TalentSkillsSheRightGotSure

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