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.

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

I don't really believe in the auteur theory.

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.

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'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.

I do like musical films more than big Hollywood films, especially those by Jacques Demi and Vincent Minelli.