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

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.

I'm not the kind of director who aims to send a message out.

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

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.

I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but Mad Men changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.