Kim Jee-woon Quotes
What can possibly be the common factor in a Kim Jee-woon film? I think what really ties a lot of my projects together is that there is always a character that believes his life is not exactly the way he wishes it to be. My regard for that character turns out to be a very sympathetic one.
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This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.
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Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world.
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Nature teaches us that tens of billions of light years may have passed, and life in all of its expressions has always been subjected to an incredible combination of matter and radiation.
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The bonds we create in the household are the most important and lasting. Savor them; they're sacred.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.
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I don't think we can go back to the old days. But I think that what the government needs to do is it needs to make sure that the pricing is fair, that you don't have monopolies out there, so that people don't have a chance to compete fairly.
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I don't know anyone who likes the American League games better. Maybe some fans do. But if you're not an actual DH, you probably prefer the National League.
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Perhaps 10 percent of patients who are prescribed antidepressants are really benefiting from the drugs' active ingredients.
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I do feel bad when my films don't do well, but I respect audiences' verdict because they know well which films to support. If they don't like a film, we should accept it.
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If one man is representing India in cricket, then yes, blame that person when things go wrong.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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Judaism and Christianity in themselves are distinctly separate entities, to be sure; but when considering their influence on Western thought, we must bear in mind that Christianity alone, or almost alone, transmitted the Jewish share, simply by what it contained of it in its own, original constitution.
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I've had so many injuries in my life that it's ridiculous.
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People aren't just paying more to fill their gas tanks or when they pay for their heating bills for their home; they are paying more at the grocery store, on air travel and for many other daily expenses.
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I used to be six foot four. Now that I'm old, I slouch. So, I'm six foot three.
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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
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I am frightened by the imbalance, the constant striving to reach the largest possible audience for everything; by the absence of a sustained study of the state of the nation.
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I did Bill Cosby's 'Noah.' Just took the routine from him, word for word, and didn't even think it was stealing. Years later my friends started calling me up saying, 'There's this guy, Bill Cosby, who's doing your stuff!'
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One of the other things I think that I've been able to do in my life, is to listen well.
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I did the 'Justice League' thing the wrong way. I read too much on the Internet. You can't do that. The Internet is the devil. Or the Internet is not the devil - the comment boards are the devil.
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My entire philosophy of teaching is based on the notion that when an artist finds a certain process really effortless, that's probably what he or she should choose to do. So often, students take the opposite tack; they have no use for the skills that come easily to them.
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What can possibly be the common factor in a Kim Jee-woon film? I think what really ties a lot of my projects together is that there is always a character that believes his life is not exactly the way he wishes it to be. My regard for that character turns out to be a very sympathetic one.
