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.

Actors are professionals who deal with people's emotions and their thoughts.

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.

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

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

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.

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