He is a member of a group of older Taiwanese who, though lacking backgrounds in dramatic arts, now perform interpretations of their own life experiences. Some have proven so determined as to continue even after contracting cancer, performing through their chemotherapy to the very end of their lives.
吳文城所代表的，是一群原本沒有任何劇場經驗的台灣老人，在舞台上演繹自己的生命故事，有人甚至在罹癌化療那一刻，都還想為演出「拚下去」，直到走到生命盡頭。