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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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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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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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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As an astronaut, you have a very defined set of tasks to do. Those tasks may require you to work 60, 70 or 80 hours a week.
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Economics has paid a terrible price for its dalliances with the Keynesian and neoclassical theories.
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I basically was in charge of the Jackson 5 - all their creative, when it came down to the studio, and all their musical endeavors. I tried to create a Hitsville on the West Coast.
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While Muslim men describe themselves as insecure in their harems, real or imagined, Westerners describe themselves as self-assured heroes with no fears of women. The tragic dimension so present in Muslim harems - fear of women and male self-doubt - is missing in the Western harem.
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For every problem or confusion and for every desire or ambition there is an available force waiting for your call.
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I value being able to go into a record shop and people leaving me alone.
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Whenever I visit a city, I like to see what classical music concerts are on offer.
