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" 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. "

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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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Living without hate for people is almost impossible. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I'd like to do a really masculine film. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I believe 'love' is very nice to hear, but it's used so much that it's come to a point where it's almost meaningless. "