I'd like to do a really masculine film.

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.

Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.

You could say that evil is contagious in that we have this mesmerizing mentor in Uncle Charlie who comes into your life. Every person has a seed of evil inside them, and when you come across such a mesmerizing mentor, he is able to successfully turn it into a flower of evil.

Some audiences might find homosexuality an uncomfortable subject matter, and a character who is a Japanese collaborator is always uncomfortable.

I tend not to use the humor which would only apply to Koreans, or which would only affect the Koreans, as much as I can.

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.