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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" I hate jeans for no reason. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity. "

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

" Living without hate for people is almost impossible. "

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

" 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. "

" The reason I want to show shocking things is that they always pose an ethical question. "

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

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

" 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 believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch. "