I have a complex feeling about genre. I love it, but I hate it at the same time. I have the urge to make audiences thrill with the excitement of a ge…

- Bong Joon-Ho

No matter where I am working, I cannot make a film without 100% creative control and final cut. If there is such a guarantee, I can work anywhere.

- Bong Joon-Ho

I like to draw my storyboards myself.

- Bong Joon-Ho

I'm sure mothers are important across every culture, but particularly in Korean society, the role of the mother is of great importance.

- Bong Joon-Ho

I regard remaking a film as creating something again.

- Bong Joon-Ho

I think when one becomes very close to another person, it can mean loving and intimacy, but on the other hand, there's also the danger of one destruc…

- Bong Joon-Ho

When I was a kid, I was always watching genre movies on TV.

- Bong Joon-Ho

I really hate the creature film convention that says you have to wait until the end to see the monster. One hour and all you've seen is just the tip …

- Bong Joon-Ho

I think each film should be regarded as its own specific text.

- Bong Joon-Ho