When I was a kid, I was always watching genre movies on TV.

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.

Morality is the foundation of sadhana. Morality is the base, intuition is the way and Life Divine is the goal

It is not possible to have reasonable grounds for not believing in miracles.

France cannot be France without greatness.

Let us resolve by God's grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on.

(I have) a wide stance when going to the bathroom.

I haven't slept for ten days, because that would be too long.

I was one of those little girls who practiced signing autographs since I was 5 years old.

Different astronauts sleep in different ways.

Don't worry about your stuff. Worry about making meaning instead.

I feel that L.A. has not always been my strongest base for support. That can be for various reasons.