I don't really believe in the auteur theory.

I believe 'love' is very nice to hear, but it's used so much that it's come to a point where it's almost meaningless.

I grew up in a very Catholic family. Up until puberty, I would go to a Catholic church every week.

In Korea is what I do is I watch the playback of each take with all of the actors and spend a lot of time discussing each take. Also, I use the process we call auto-assembly because I storyboard my entire film right at the beginning, even before pre-production ever begins, so my vision is already laid out on the storyboard for everybody to share. It enables the on-set assembly person, as we call them, to cut together each take into a sequence. This enables a director to review the take within the context of the sequence of the scene.

When I was growing up, we were taught in school that North Koreans, and especially the North Korean leadership, were all devils.

I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but Mad Men changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.

I have always meticulously storyboarded my films from beginning to end.