By using formula in filmmaking we are admitting that film is not art..

My goal is to keep making films and grow as a film maker; that's always my goal..

I love shooting French films because I don't have to stick with being sophisticated or stuck-up..

Now there's always exceptions to that and the reason is if the film doesn't really work, whereas before you could rely on a decent amount of DVD sale….

Everyone I've worked with on any film will say I'm the hardest worker..

I like traveling and I like not being part of the film world. Especially when you're in the middle of a junket, you're thinking, "I'm not doing this ….

In the mid 1990s the Korean film industry was really open-minded..

In Korean films there is only really a strong tradition of melodramas..

I am a loyalist and I really absolutely love film..

It's not always important to do a "show," but a live element always works better for me, unless I am making a film that goes beyond the clothes..

I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel..

'Pulp Fiction' is an amazing film, and I haven't made one nearly as good..

Music and film are inseparable. They always have been and always will be..

There is a lot of extreme emotion in Korean film. It's because there are a lot of extremes in Korean society..

When I'm making a film, I'm the audience..

I have to make a living, and I have been in a few films I wish I hadn't been in, but I don't know where things will lead me next, and that's exciting..

Our film industry as well as the audiences are now open to unconventional pairings and subjects, which has aided my journey greatly..

I'm really a sucker for old, old movies. Like old film noir. I don't know. I also really enjoy independent movies..

I love making films, but the best roles are hard to come by..

I don't intentionally make my films with the express goal of surprising the viewer..

And it's not only films, I'm pretty unaware of anything that's going on in popular culture right now..