Park Bo-gum Quotes

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.

Only in space did I realize how lucky I am to be Korean. Only in Korea could I have gone to space before turning 30 years old.

The Law and Justice government does not want a bunch of foreign historians to decide what goes on in 'their' museum.

People think that being Korean is all one thing.

I'd like to see us Pakistani actors do more work that reflects our culture, morals and values.

In my films, they say the action sequences are very local and not international. But why should I copy from English films?

A flag translates into everything, from tacky souvenirs to the names of organizations and the way that flags function.

Art in America should be American, drawn from American sources, memorializing American achievement.

My pride at wearing the Irish shirt was always 100 per cent genuine. It was a great honour for myself and my family and something I will always cherish.

I would like to make work for my country, art which is innately Kenyan by being made in Kenya.

When I could choose which national team to play for, I could choose between Luxembourg, France, and Bosnia, and I chose Bosnia because I felt it was important to demonstrate, especially to the young people, that a dream can become true.

I am distressed when I see news channels saying 'Devdas' has let down the country by not getting an Oscar nomination.

I think it's amazing that I can go out there and be myself, and the fact that I'm carrying Puerto Rico on my back a little bit is such an honor.

I am a Muslim, yes, but I am also very English. People don't realise how proud I am to be representing my country or being from Birmingham.

I would like to represent the face of Korea; so that people know there is a Choi Si-won in Korea.

Philippines, what an amazing honor it has been to carry your name across my chest and to embody you in all aspects.

I always remember that I am a representative of my country, and I always think about the culture I'm bringing to people.

I feel I represent my country: not only my country but all former U.S.S.R. countries because I have very big fan base here, and I have more than a billion Muslim fans. I feel I represent these guys all around the world. My fans. This gives me very good energy. When I go to the cage, I think about these people.

I think being the only Pakistani wrestler in WWE will bring some attention from the country as well. I'll do my best to do Pakistan proud and give them something to cheer about.

I'm really proud to represent both cultures, Canadian and Indian, and hopefully I'm making both countries proud as WWE champion.

My parents are super excited that they've produced an Olympian. I don't think they ever would have imagined this would happen in a million years, so I hope I represent not only Team U.S.A., but the Japanese-American culture and my family as well.

If there's a Filipino flag waving, will.i.am whispers to me, 'Filipinos are over there!' And then I wave towards that direction.

I decided that we should have a flag, that a flag fit us as a symbol, that we are a people, a tribe if you will. And flags are about proclaiming power, so it's very appropriate.

We shall convince France and the world, that we are not a degraded people, humiliated under a colonial spirit of fear and a sense of inferiority, fitted to be the miserable instruments of foreign influence, and regardless of national honor, character, and interest.

There is not a more disgusting spectacle under the sun than our subserviency to British criticism. It is disgusting, first, because it is truckling, servile, pusillanimous--secondly, because of its gross irrationality. We know the British to bear us little but ill will--we know that, in no case do they utter unbiased opinions of American books . . . we know all this, and yet, day after day, submit our necks to the degrading yoke of the crudest opinion that emanates from the fatherland.