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

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 destructing another under the name of love. I think that is the scariest thing for me in various relationships.

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

As a director, or just a film fan who wants to enjoy the festival, Cannes is the worst place to be. But it must be a paradise for distributors and importers.

I don't write any kind of sequel or remake.

The multilevel, the conscious and the unconscious, is natural when I write scripts, when I come up with ideas and stories.

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