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

" 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. "

" Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" Whenever I visit a city, I like to see what classical music concerts are on offer. "

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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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" Living without hate for people is almost impossible. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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 hate jeans for no reason. "

" 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. "

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

" I don't really believe in the auteur theory. "

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

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

" 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. "

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