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

I believe 'love' is very nice to hear, but it's used so much that it's come to a point where it's almost meaningless.

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

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

As I grow older I spend more time with my wife, and gradually my interest in the woman's world is growing.

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.

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.