I'm not a romantic. In life I didn't have much experience with romance.

It's not a pleasure torturing actors, although some of them enjoy it.

The woman's perspective is like the dark side of the moon: it always exists, but it is never exposed, at least not in my culture.

I think a lot of people do big movies not because they are talented artists but because they can function in the circumstances.

I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person.

I grew up pretty peacefully, in that Eastern way. You easily solve problems, believe in harmony. Reduce conflicts, take orders until one day you give orders.

At times I can't help going for visual comfort. Sometimes a picture fills up your head, and you try to move the actors around to make that visual statement.