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" 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. "
Park Chan-wook
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" When I was making my first films, I was very interested in Hollywood B movies. "
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" A film set is a workplace for me; it's my office, and nobody really wants to be in a stressful work environment. "
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" 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. "
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" I hate jeans for no reason. "
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" When we are confronted with extreme situations, we forget about moral issues; we simply act and must then accept the consequences. "
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" Whenever I visit a city, I like to see what classical music concerts are on offer. "
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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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" The point of revenge is not in the completion but in the process. "
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" I'm not the kind of director who aims to send a message out. "
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" When you consider the concept of vampirism, it is inherently part of a Western culture. "
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" Certain subjects may no longer be taboo in cinema. But there are ways to treat them that still create shock. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" There's a humble beauty about listening to period instruments that I like. "
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" If you would ask me what my ideal process is, I would say, long pre-production, long production and long post-production. "
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" I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch. "
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" 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. "
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" Visual elements are, of course, the director's job. "
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" As I grow older I spend more time with my wife, and gradually my interest in the woman's world is growing. "
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" I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires. "
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" The reason I want to show shocking things is that they always pose an ethical question. "
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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. "
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Heroes
Done
" 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. "
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" I have always meticulously storyboarded my films from beginning to end. "
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" When I was growing up, we were taught in school that North Koreans, and especially the North Korean leadership, were all devils. "
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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? "
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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. "
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" In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central. "
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" 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. "
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" I'd like to do a really masculine film. "
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