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" A priest encounters temptation every day, and some of that desire is very natural. "
Park Chan-wook
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" When I was making my first films, I was very interested in Hollywood B movies. "
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" There's a humble beauty about listening to period instruments that I like. "
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" I live in a rural residential area. It's a great place for a walk. I'm at my happiest when I'm listening to my iPod while walking around where my feet take me. "
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" I don't think I've ever tried to make something happen that I've absolutely had to force. You know how they say: if you can't avoid it, enjoy it. For me, it's the other way around: if I can't enjoy it, I avoid it. "
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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 grow older and less popular, there will come a time when I have to shoot films on low budgets. "
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" I believe 'love' is very nice to hear, but it's used so much that it's come to a point where it's almost meaningless. "
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" I hate jeans for no reason. "
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" I have always meticulously storyboarded my films from beginning to end. "
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" The point of revenge is not in the completion but in the process. "
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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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Up
" When I was going through puberty, I had all these feelings of being unstable through those years, and being uncontrollably drawn to things of beauty and things that are bad. "
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" Living without hate for people is almost impossible. "
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" When we are confronted with extreme situations, we forget about moral issues; we simply act and must then accept the consequences. "
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" When you consider the concept of vampirism, it is inherently part of a Western culture. "
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" I am not going to do a film based on a bad scenario just to make a big Hollywood film or work with Hollywood stars. "
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" Visual elements are, of course, the director's job. "
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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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" When you first hear Mozart's music, your first impression is that it's very alive, but if you peel away the layers, you can hear sorrow and sadness behind it, and that's what I try to be: multi-layered. "
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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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" Actors, I think, are all the same. Both Korean actors and American actors are all very sensitive people, and they are all curious to know what the director thinks of them and how they are evaluated, and they try to satisfy the director. And they like it if you listen carefully to their opinions and accept them. "
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