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

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 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 of the creature's tail.

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

In the grand scheme of nature, I believe that it is very natural that animals eat animals, and that humans eat animals. It is only in the last couple of decades that meat-processing factories have come to rise, and I believe we should take time to reflect on that reality.

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

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