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> [I'm interested in the cultural thing - music, then eventually cinema. I think it's part of my struggle as a cultural worker. I'm not into the armed thing. I cannot be violent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lav-diaz/i-m-interested-in-the-cultural-thing-music-then-eventually-cinema-i/)

[Lav Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lav-diaz/)

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## More by Lav Diaz

> [I'm not hoping to see that day but I know that my cinema will reach Filipinos. I know that they will embrace it one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lav-diaz/i-m-not-hoping-to-see-that-day-but-i-know-that-my-cinema-will-reach/)

[Lav Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lav-diaz/)

> [I make films, and festivals, museums, and academia are embracing the work. It will be heard. It's bound to happen because cinema is universal.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lav-diaz/i-make-films-and-festivals-museums-and-academia-are-embracing-the/)

[Lav Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lav-diaz/)

> [There is no border in my films. You can see yourself in these stories. This is the greatest thing about the power of cinema.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lav-diaz/there-is-no-border-in-my-films-you-can-see-yourself-in-these-stories/)

[Lav Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lav-diaz/)

> ["Filipino" is the Spanish side of our history. The islands were named after King Felipe, so we became known as Filipinos. It's a brand,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lav-diaz/filipino-is-the-spanish-side-of-our-history-the-islands-were-named/)

[Lav Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lav-diaz/)

> [I'm very fatalistic about life. Whatever happens, happens. The imperative for me is that I do my contribution for my people, for my culture.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lav-diaz/i-m-very-fatalistic-about-life-whatever-happens-happens-the/)

[Lav Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lav-diaz/)

> [I'm interested in the cultural thing - music, then eventually cinema. I think it's part of my struggle as a cultural worker. I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lav-diaz/i-m-interested-in-the-cultural-thing-music-then-eventually-cinema-i/)

[Lav Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lav-diaz/)

> [When I was trying to create this so-called Lav Diaz verité, it just happened. At some point, I became very comfortable with the one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lav-diaz/when-i-was-trying-to-create-this-so-called-lav-diaz-verit-it-just/)

[Lav Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lav-diaz/)

> [Even if I made pornography, the trauma would show, though. It will always be there because it's my verité. It's my kind of narrative,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lav-diaz/even-if-i-made-pornography-the-trauma-would-show-though-it-will/)

[Lav Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lav-diaz/)

> [The novelistic attribute of my work is very much like the Russian way of creating novels. Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky - their work has so many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lav-diaz/the-novelistic-attribute-of-my-work-is-very-much-like-the-russian-way/)

[Lav Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lav-diaz/)

> [There is no border. I'm branding my films as Malay cinema, but it's just about cinema. Everything that I make is about humanity's struggle,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lav-diaz/there-is-no-border-i-m-branding-my-films-as-malay-cinema-but-it-s/)

[Lav Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lav-diaz/)

> [Cinema is the greatest mirror of humanity's struggle. You see this alternative world, but you're part of it. Everybody is part of it. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lav-diaz/cinema-is-the-greatest-mirror-of-humanity-s-struggle-you-see-this/)

[Lav Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lav-diaz/)

> [I can easily go to America, or I can easily escape to some places in Europe with friends. But the place for me is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lav-diaz/i-can-easily-go-to-america-or-i-can-easily-escape-to-some-places-in/)

[Lav Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lav-diaz/)

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