Of his role in the film, he told People magazine in 1985: "I wanted to show the world how deep starvation is in Cambodia, how many people die under Communist regime.
U intervjuu za magazin People o svojoj ulozi 1985. godine rekao je: "Želio sam pokazati svijetu koliko je duboko gladovanje u Kambodži, koliko ljudi umire pod komunističkim režimom.