I feel myself becoming more mature and more fascinated and drawn to feminine values.

I actually pay careful attention to that sort of thing - infusing humor into my films - because that's how important I think humor is.

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.

Sometimes you need these warm, human moments - something that feels close - to help things along.

I became a film director, but I wasn't successful with my first couple of films, so I had to turn to becoming a film critic to make a living.

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.