If I want to relax and not do anything, I don't want to leave home.

Actually, I can't stand watching violent scenes in films; I avoid watching horror films. I don't tend to watch action films mainly because I find them boring, but I watch the films of David Cronenberg and Martin Scorsese, usually in a state close to having a heart attack. I'm a complete coward. I make violent films as a result of my sensitivity to violence - in other words, my fear of violence.

In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.

I tend not to use the humor which would only apply to Koreans, or which would only affect the Koreans, as much as I can.

If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home.

I'd like to do a really masculine film.

The reason why I always wanted to make an American film was because of the Western genre. It is something that I would very much like to make in the future, because it's very uniquely American, and I can't make a Western film in Korean.