Park Chan-wook Quotes
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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When you've done a show that's as successful as 'Lovejoy' was, it hangs around for a few years, and people know you from it. I escaped the shadow when I stopped 'Lovejoy' by not doing any television for four years.
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When I was in college, I studied business because I thought I wanted to be a director and producer.
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I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn't looking to do a series.
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I wasn't raised super-poor, but my parents got divorced, and my mother didn't have much money. Even now if I have a cake, I'll eat it slowly, and I save most of the money I have.
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You have to treat Hollywood like it's your boyfriend - he's there all the time.
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With this business, you have to learn to go with the flow. Not being able to grow in comfort is a beautiful thing when you're uncomfortable, so just embrace it and roll with it, and you'll come out stronger.
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The thing about motor neuron disease, once a muscle stops working, it doesn't start again.
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Keep your energy levels high by adding bananas and egg whites to your diet.
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Sure, 'Les Miserables' can be melodramatic. And seeing the musical instead of reading the novel will save you some time and spare you the long part where Hugo goes on and on about the Parisian sewer system. But I would hate for the novel to lose that.
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I don't care about revenues.
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We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful.
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I've turned into one of those people who go jogging in parks that I used to hate.
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History is not hatred.
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The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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If you live a rebellious lifestyle, then you rebel against things because they go against your ideals and the integrity of who you are as a person.
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I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road.
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The autobiographer works in a treacherous terrain. The journalist has a much safer job.
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At the end of the day, every decision I make about my music is about creating a collective.
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A lot of my music has ambiguity and room for people to interpret.
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I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.
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It's funny, though, speaking of fathers and sons, because me and John Goodman played father and son, like, five or six years ago in the film 'Death Sentence,' and I got back with him again in 'Inside Llewyn Davis.'
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Whenever I visit a city, I like to see what classical music concerts are on offer.
