When I'm writing something, if it gets too serious, I just can't bear it, so I take a step back and take the overall scene in and vent the air a little bit.

If you would ask me what my ideal process is, I would say, long pre-production, long production and long post-production.

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

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.

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

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

I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch.