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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. "

Park Chan-wook

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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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" 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. "

" 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. "

" Living without hate for people is almost impossible. "

" A priest encounters temptation every day, and some of that desire is very natural. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" When you consider the concept of vampirism, it is inherently part of a Western culture. "

" I hate jeans for no reason. "

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

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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? "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "