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

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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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 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 do like musical films more than big Hollywood films, especially those by Jacques Demi and Vincent Minelli. "

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

" 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'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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" The point of revenge is not in the completion but in the process. "

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

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

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

" Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity. "

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

" 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? "

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

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

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

" 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. "