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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity. "

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

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

" 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 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. "

" When you consider the concept of vampirism, it is inherently part of a Western culture. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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