A film set is a workplace for me; it's my office, and nobody really wants to be in a stressful work environment.

The audience seems hazy to me, shrouded in a veil through which I can't see.

I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch.

In my creative films, if there was something, some humorous moment that is lost to a non-Korean speaking audience, I'll be very sad.

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.

I do like musical films more than big Hollywood films, especially those by Jacques Demi and Vincent Minelli.

There's a humble beauty about listening to period instruments that I like.