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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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" I'd like to do a really masculine film. "

" 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. "

" When I was growing up, we were taught in school that North Koreans, and especially the North Korean leadership, were all devils. "

" As I grow older I spend more time with my wife, and gradually my interest in the woman's world is growing. "

" I've always had an interest in vampire films - not just 'Nosferatu,' but there are many others that I have enjoyed: Abel Ferrara, Coppola, Neil Jordan. "

" Visual elements are, of course, the director's job. "

" 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. "

" There's a humble beauty about listening to period instruments that I like. "

" If you would ask me what my ideal process is, I would say, long pre-production, long production and long post-production. "

" 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. "

" I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch. "

" I'm not the kind of director who aims to send a message out. "

" Certain subjects may no longer be taboo in cinema. But there are ways to treat them that still create shock. "

" When I grow older and less popular, there will come a time when I have to shoot films on low budgets. "

" People who really try to be conscious of what they have done, who take responsibility, to me these kinds of people are heroes. "

" When I was making my first films, I was very interested in Hollywood B movies. "

" A film set is a workplace for me; it's my office, and nobody really wants to be in a stressful work environment. "

" 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. "

" I became a film director, but I wasn't successful with my first couple of films, so I had to turn to becoming a film critic to make a living. "

" 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. "

" In our lives, we have good things and bad things, happiness and pain. "

" I've read all of Sarah Waters's novels which have been translated into Korean. "

" The reason I want to show shocking things is that they always pose an ethical question. "