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

" 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. "

" In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central. "

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

" 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. "

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

" The atmosphere of Catholicism in Korea is quite different to the way it is practised and perceived in Europe or the U.S. "

" I have always meticulously storyboarded my films from beginning to end. "

" I grew up in a very Catholic family. Up until puberty, I would go to a Catholic church every week. "

" It is not possible for a person to be completely free of sin and be squeaky clean. "

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

" If I want to relax and not do anything, I don't want to leave home. "

" Whether it's trivial or important, every choice has a moral aspect to it to a certain degree. "

" Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity. "

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

" I guess I probably make violent films partly because I can't express my anger in my real life very well. "

" Living without hate for people is almost impossible. "

" 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 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? "

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

" When we are confronted with extreme situations, we forget about moral issues; we simply act and must then accept the consequences. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I love Philip Glass' work, not only as a film composer but also as a musician. The film score work that he does always amazes and shocks me. "

" I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires. "

" If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home. "