I've always had an interest in vampire films - not just 'Nosferatu,' but there are many others that I have enjoyed: Abel Ferrara,Coppola, Neil Jordan.

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

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

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

Living without hate for people is almost impossible. There is nothing wrong with fantasizing about revenge. You can have that feeling. You just shouldn't act in it.

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

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

I don't really believe in the auteur theory.

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

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

Sometimes you need these warm, human moments - something that feels close - to help things along.

IF you want to learn, there is enough to learn till the last breath!!

A leader must face danger. He must take the risk and the blame and the brunt of the storm.

Art that arises out of the inner landscape, and is connected to our lived experience, illuminates the darkness and heals the soul.

There's evil in the world, all right. Being aware of it makes you a realist, not a paranoid.

I felt myself getting whiter... What does it mean to become white? How does it feel to see Death in the flesh, come to gather you in?

In the past, it was expected that about three years were required to learn a single kata, and usually even an expert of considerable skill would only know three, or at most five, kata.

My first part was in a film where I played a sadomasochist who killed people and created fun orgies. I'm a method actor. I went to every orgy in the world.

But what I realize, here, now, is that it's not actually making the choice that takes courage. It's facing it afterward. Owning up to it, whether it's good or bad.

You can't even trade a single fart with the next guy. Each and every one of us has to live out his own life. Don't waste time thinking about who's most talented.

If I were a girl for a day I would try to sleep with Tom Kaulitz.