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

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" Living without hate for people is almost impossible. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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? "

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

" As I grow older I spend more time with my wife, and gradually my interest in the woman's world is growing. "

" 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. "

" Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity. "

" 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 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" I hate jeans for no reason. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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