I am not going to do a film based on a bad scenario just to make a big Hollywood film or work with Hollywood stars.

In our lives, we have good things and bad things, happiness and pain.

Ever since I arrived in America to promote Stoker, I haven't had time to go and see it in a theater. The fact that I had to shoot twice as fast as I'm used to in Korea was the most challenging thing about my Hollywood experience.

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

I've grown up watching a lot of Western genre films on TV, and America is not just a country, but it's one of the most important countries in the world, and examining the process of how this nation came to be, it's an important thing, even for outsiders.

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

If you are watching my films and wondering, am I missing humorous speak because I'm not Korean? Am I missing out? You don't have to worry, because you're only missing probably about a few cents worth out of your ticket price.