When I was growing up, we were taught in school that North Koreans, and especially the North Korean leadership, were all devils.

In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.

I've read all of Sarah Waters's novels which have been translated into Korean.

I actually pay careful attention to that sort of thing - infusing humor into my films - because that's how important I think humor is.

I guess I probably make violent films partly because I can't express my anger in my real life very well.

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.

The point of revenge is not in the completion but in the process.