Bong Joon-ho Quotes
I really hate the creature film convention that says you have to wait until the end to see the monster. One hour and all you've seen is just the tip of the creature's tail.
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My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
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I'm probably less volatile and tempestuous than a lot of Aries, but I think I'm probably quite loud and outgoing and passionate. Maybe a bit difficult or stubborn.
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The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop.
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The best advice my dad ever gave me is that acting is believing. Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.
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I get people being frightened of me. One time I did this photo shoot where I had hairy armpits – I was really digging it, but they were like, 'We'll airbrush that out.'
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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Actually, the camera was never overhead at any time. It was always a side view of me. Subsequently, after the picture was released, I saw some scenes from above and my clothes being pulled-and I think that was added later.
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We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.
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I'm sick of having red hair, but people seem to like that aesthetic.
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Europe is especially vulnerable to terrorists who may hide among the refugees pouring across its borders.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.
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In space, you need to exercise your heart since it's not pumping blood around at the same rate.
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I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right.
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It's up to you to be responsible for how you feel if you're not happy. Your happiness lies in your hands. You can't rely on a man to make you happy or complete you. That starts with you.
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Who is most deserving of all of the money that I, Zlatan, am paid? The answer is Zlatan.
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I draw pleasure in governance, in doing new things and bringing people together. That pleasure is all I need from life.
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It's really crazy to be 36 years old and to have been doing something for 25 years.
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We read for instruction, for correction, and for consolation.
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I choose my words very delicately because I have a divided society.
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The age thing is just a number.
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If you've noticed that I don't use long takes, it's not because I don't like them, but because no one gives me the necessary means to treat myself to them. It's more economical to make one image, then this image and then that image, and try to control them later, in the editing studio.
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My work is atheistic, materialistic and communistic. It's atheistic because it's without transcendent form, without spiritual or intellectual quality. Materialistic because it's made out of it's own materials without pretension to other materials. And communistic because the form is equally accessible to all men.
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I really hate the creature film convention that says you have to wait until the end to see the monster. One hour and all you've seen is just the tip of the creature's tail.
