--- title: "1 Lucky Film Quotes By Rithy Panh" description: "1 Lucky Film quotes by Rithy Panh. Plus more from Rithy Panh and more Lucky Film sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e31/rithy-panh-11040_alive_i-am-lucky-to-be-a-film-director-i-can-c_3009443.jpg" --- > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rithy-panh/i-am-lucky-to-be-a-film-director-i-can-create-express-it-proves-that/) [Rithy Panh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rithy-panh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e31/rithy-panh-11040_alive_i-am-lucky-to-be-a-film-director-i-can-c_3009443.jpg) ## More by Rithy Panh > [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;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rithy-panh/what-i-like-to-do-with-every-film-is-to-bring-a-form-like-a/) [Rithy Panh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rithy-panh/) > [We need creativity. We need more poetry after Auschwitz.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rithy-panh/we-need-creativity-we-need-more-poetry-after-auschwitz/) [Rithy Panh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rithy-panh/) > [It's better to live a world where you can hear different languages and sensibilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rithy-panh/it-s-better-to-live-a-world-where-you-can-hear-different-languages/) [Rithy Panh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rithy-panh/) > [Sometimes if you can tell one personal story with a lot of sincerity, it can become a universal story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rithy-panh/sometimes-if-you-can-tell-one-personal-story-with-a-lot-of-sincerity/) [Rithy Panh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rithy-panh/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rithy-panh/i-didn-t-survive-because-i-was-stronger-than-others-i-survived/) [Rithy Panh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rithy-panh/) > [We must be capable of writing our own history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rithy-panh/we-must-be-capable-of-writing-our-own-history/) [Rithy Panh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rithy-panh/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rithy-panh/in-this-era-of-digital-special-effects-i-think-it-s-good-to-work-with/) [Rithy Panh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rithy-panh/) > [Every time you are getting ready to make a shot in a documentary film, you are asking yourself questions about your cinematographic approach. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rithy-panh/every-time-you-are-getting-ready-to-make-a-shot-in-a-documentary-film/) [Rithy Panh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rithy-panh/) > [If you can keep something very personal, like a song, like a color, like a story, deep in your heart, then nobody can destroy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rithy-panh/if-you-can-keep-something-very-personal-like-a-song-like-a-color-like/) [Rithy Panh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rithy-panh/) > [The most beautiful thing in Cambodia isn't the country - it's the Cambodian people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rithy-panh/the-most-beautiful-thing-in-cambodia-isn-t-the-country-it-s-the/) [Rithy Panh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rithy-panh/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rithy-panh/evil-has-always-been-there-it-s-always-a-part-of-us-evil-is-no-big/) [Rithy Panh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rithy-panh/) > [As children, we did not have toys. We invented characters and animals; we invented stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rithy-panh/as-children-we-did-not-have-toys-we-invented-characters-and-animals/) [Rithy Panh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rithy-panh/) > [Cinema is not truth. Even when you make documentary films, you can choose to show this shot and not the other shot - this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rithy-panh/cinema-is-not-truth-even-when-you-make-documentary-films-you-can/) [Rithy Panh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rithy-panh/) > [“But I’ve never seen a free exchange. A gift is something else. I lived for four years in a society without currency, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rithy-panh/but-i-ve-never-seen-a-free-exchange-a-gift-is-something-else-i-lived/) [Rithy Panh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rithy-panh/) > [I have never been political in a partisan sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rithy-panh/i-have-never-been-political-in-a-partisan-sense/) [Rithy Panh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rithy-panh/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lucky-film/rithy-panh/#itemlist", "name": "1 Lucky Film Quotes By Rithy Panh", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am lucky to be a film director. I can create, express. 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