The mother's love for her child is very strong in Korean society - almost on the borderline of being an obsession.

As a director, or just a film fan who wants to enjoy the festival, Cannes is the worst place to be. But it must be a paradise for distributors and importers.

I really hate the creature film convention that says you have to wait until the end to see the monster. One hour and all you've seen is just the tip of the creature's tail.

There is a lot of extreme emotion in Korean film. It's because there are a lot of extremes in Korean society.

I'm sure mothers are important across every culture, but particularly in Korean society, the role of the mother is of great importance.

No matter where I am working, I cannot make a film without 100% creative control and final cut. If there is such a guarantee, I can work anywhere.

The multilevel, the conscious and the unconscious, is natural when I write scripts, when I come up with ideas and stories.

I think each film should be regarded as its own specific text.

In Korean films there is only really a strong tradition of melodramas.

In the mid 1990s the Korean film industry was really open-minded.

I always write the script by myself.

I believe in the power of love, not because I can see it, but because I see the world through it.

I get paid to lie to people as an actor. Country music is the one area that I don't lie. I tell the truth.

There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.

Entire world comes to us, but Indians live in entire world.

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

Carrot Top... I gave him advice once and he ran with it. He should thank me.

"Radicalized" is a new keyword for you to understand that allows our government to not say "terrorism."

If you spend your time, worth $20-25 per hour, doing something that someone else will do for $10 per hour, it's simply a poor use of resources.