Park Chan-wook Quotes
I've always had an interest in vampire films - not just 'Nosferatu,' but there are many others that I have enjoyed: Abel Ferrara, Coppola, Neil Jordan.
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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
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You know you've made your mark when you're on the cover of a videogame.
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So with the end of the Cold War, it became increasingly obvious that there was no basis upon which any decision was being made, not in the White House, and certainly because of that, not in the Congress.
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Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard.
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Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
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I like to give people more than their money's worth.
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Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them.
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We have four beautiful children and some wonderful memories.
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I just like music that I can relate to, something to listen to in my car.
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A comic can be aesthetically beautiful. I think they captured it beautifully and accurately.
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Writing is the most frustrating, but it's something that I've always done.
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Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
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The real bombs are my books, not me.
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I just don't know the art of making friends with girls. And that's the reason why I've never had a single girl as a friend. Also, I'm so engrossed in cricket that I've never found an opportunity to interact with girls very closely. In a way, it's better, as my mind doesn't get diverted!
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I understood from an early age what being competitive means.
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Celtic music will always be around, even if with the mainstream crowds it dies out.
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It's funny to think that when you get done with an acting job, you're considered unemployed. There are definitely times when those checks don't last forever. I went to college at a private school, and I racked up quite a bit of debt. I was very slow to pay them back.
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The Islamic tradition does show some areas of apparent incompatibility with the goals of women in the West, and Muslims have a long way to go in their attitudes towards women. But blaming the religion is again to express an ignorance both of the religion and of the historical struggle for equality of women in Muslim societies.
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Euphemism is a human device to conceal the horrors of reality.
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Problems or successes, they all are the results of our own actions. Karma. The philosophy of action is that no one else is the giver of peace or happiness. One's own karma, one's own actions are responsible to come to bring either happiness or success or whatever.
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When you start directing movies at the age of 24, you're just a kid; you don't necessarily even have the experiences to add to the story. You're working off of instinct and raw emotions and raw talent, and hopefully it's the same trajectory as growing as a person.
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We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
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I was in San Francisco for 'Trauma' and then got back to town and got situated and started looking at things and passing on things. I think I was around for a month and a half, and there were other projects that were up, but it's all a waiting game. And then, 'The Vampire Diaries' came up, and I was really interested and read for it.
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I've always had an interest in vampire films - not just 'Nosferatu,' but there are many others that I have enjoyed: Abel Ferrara, Coppola, Neil Jordan.