Min-sik Choi Quotes

I have always thought we should think less about the British film industry as an entity, and more about getting British talent working.

I'm less comfortable making American movies because I don't know them so well.

I'm so used to Australian films not getting a release outside Australia.

It is not within the competence of the public authorities to determine culture. Their function is to promote and protect the cultural life of everyone, including that of minorities.

The ministry of culture is nowhere, but cultural life is everywhere.

I live in Australia, and I am Australian, and because I grew up in an era where we didn't have a film industry, and now we do, it's just really exciting for me to be able to say that I work in my own culture in a medium that I find fascinating.

Some things are really sacred and important to other cultures, so you have to be aware, politically, about those things before you just adopt them.

American music has infiltrated the entire world enough as it is. Mexican music must be defended with vigilance.

I've always said that the more ethnic you become, the more international your film becomes.

Chinese people need to be aware of their present and ask, 'What's our culture? What can we bring to the world?' I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

In Australia, we cling on to whatever culture we have. We're such a multicultural country.

But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture.

A British director directed 'American Beauty,' an important film about American life, and it didn't matter. What only mattered was everyone's sensibility.

A nation must be embraced, rehabilitated and expressed as a tangible sign of human creativity and as an integral element of mankind's heritage.

The 'low' quality of many American films, and of much American popular culture, induces many art lovers to support cultural protectionism. Few people wish to see the cultural diversity of the world disappear under a wave of American market dominance.

I've got to where am in life not because of something I brought to the world but through something I found - the wealth of African culture.

I've got headdresses and robes from all over: I am the mystery of everybody's story.

I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.

The Muslims refuse our culture and try to impose their culture on us. I reject them, and this is not only my duty toward my culture-it is toward my values, my principles, my civilization.

Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories?

The basic principle I have is that what is most Korean is what is the most international. I don't want to come here and act like I'm an American. I want to showcase the dynamic potential Korea has, and I want to prove that as an artist.

What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible.

Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.

I think Anna and the King is a look at Asia from the Asian perspective, reflecting the Asian experience, which is very rare.

Personally, I don't give a toss about French viewers. I make films for foreigners - it's a bit like Ken Loach, who's not very popular in England but has had a lot of success in France. Cinema is always an experience in a foreign body.