People have said, 'Why don't you make your own company like Chan-wook Park has his own company,' but my head is full of writing and directing and I don't feel like I want to run a company. That's not really within my personality as well.

I regard remaking a film as creating something again.

My favourite genre lies inside myself, and as I follow my favourite stories, characters and images, it sums up to a certain genre. So at times even I have to try to guess which genre a film will be after I've made it.

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.

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

I like to draw my storyboards myself.

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