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" A film set is a workplace for me; it's my office, and nobody really wants to be in a stressful work environment. "
Park Chan-wook
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" All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't matter whether they are smart or stupid, these characters all take responsibility for their own behavior. I'm much the same. "
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" I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch. "
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" I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series. "
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" The reason I want to show shocking things is that they always pose an ethical question. "
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" When I grow older and less popular, there will come a time when I have to shoot films on low budgets. "
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" If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home. "
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" When it comes to remaking my own films in the English language, I can only imagine that it is a very boring process, I wouldn't ever dream of it. "
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" When I say that I am going to do an American film, I didn't want to suddenly go off into a completely different world that which bears no relation to the style of filmmaking that I'm used to. "
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" Lots of people think the violence in the films I make is overwhelming, but they think they're seeing something that they aren't seeing. "
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" If I want to relax and not do anything, I don't want to leave home. "
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" If you would ask me what my ideal process is, I would say, long pre-production, long production and long post-production. "
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" I'd love to do a sci-fi movie, a western, or an espionage thriller. But I'm not going to limit myself. If a good script comes along, I'm not going to discount it because it doesn't fit into one of these genres. "
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" In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central. "
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" I grew up in a very Catholic family. Up until puberty, I would go to a Catholic church every week. "
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" Visual elements are, of course, the director's job. "
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" I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires. "
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" The atmosphere of Catholicism in Korea is quite different to the way it is practised and perceived in Europe or the U.S. "
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" I cannot believe that violence depicted onscreen actually causes people to act out violently. That's oversimplifying the issue. If somebody commits a violent act after seeing violence in a movie, I think the question that needs to be asked is: would that person still have committed the act if he had not seen a violent film? "
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" When I was growing up, we were taught in school that North Koreans, and especially the North Korean leadership, were all devils. "
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" Living without hate for people is almost impossible. "
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" It is not possible for a person to be completely free of sin and be squeaky clean. "
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" A priest encounters temptation every day, and some of that desire is very natural. "
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" I'm not the kind of director who aims to send a message out. "
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" In our lives, we have good things and bad things, happiness and pain. "
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