There's a humble beauty about listening to period instruments that I like.

Actors are professionals who deal with people's emotions and their thoughts. So, working with this very intelligent, smart cast meant that sometimes I would only have to start speaking a word and these wonderful actors would immediately catch onto what I wanted them to portray, and how I wanted them to act.

I have always meticulously storyboarded my films from beginning to end.

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

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.

If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home.

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