The Khmer Rouge can't destroy me. I still have my imagination and am capable of making films. I am not locked up. — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
I am lucky to be a film director. I can create, express. It proves that I am still alive and the Khmer Rouge did not succeed in destroying me. — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
What I like to do with every film is to bring a form, like a cinematographic proposal. If you watch 'S21,' it's a form;… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
It's better to live a world where you can hear different languages and sensibilities. — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
Sometimes if you can tell one personal story with a lot of sincerity, it can become a universal story. — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
I didn't survive because I was stronger than others. I survived because my family and friends helped me to survive. They took my place.… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
In this era of digital special effects, I think it's good to work with our hands and our hearts, to use water and clay,… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
Every time you are getting ready to make a shot in a documentary film, you are asking yourself questions about your cinematographic approach. You… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
If you can keep something very personal, like a song, like a color, like a story, deep in your heart, then nobody can destroy… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
The most beautiful thing in Cambodia isn't the country - it's the Cambodian people. — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
Evil has always been there; it's always a part of us. Evil is no big surprise. But what about the people who gave freely,… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
As children, we did not have toys. We invented characters and animals; we invented stories. — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
