In all of my films, there is a desire to testify, to interrogate the past. Rithy Panh More Quotes by Rithy Panh More Quotes From Rithy Panh I left Cambodia when I was 12 or 13. I didn't really escape, but I needed to go away. Rithy Panh escape away go left I have only one life, and I can't do all. If I do one thing well, I'm happy. Rithy Panh well only happy life 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, who stood up for human dignity? Even in the most extreme and terrible situations, these acts of dignity existed. And for me, that is the banality of good. Rithy Panh good me evil people Part of the Khmer Rouge project was not only to destroy individual people, but to destroy the very notion of the individual. I want to simply rebuild the stories of people - it's part of my fight against the Khmer Rouge agenda. Rithy Panh project fight want people I have never been political in a partisan sense. Rithy Panh sense been never political We must be capable of writing our own history. Rithy Panh own capable writing history 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. My job is to give them back their dignity, tell their story, and say their names. Rithy Panh job me friends family
