A priest encounters temptation every day, and some of that desire is very natural.

If you would ask me what my ideal process is, I would say, long pre-production, long production and long post-production.

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

A priest encounters temptation every day, and some of that desire is very natural.

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.

Whenever I visit a city, I like to see what classical music concerts are on offer.

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.