Park Chan-wook Quotes

Visual elements are, of course, the director's job.

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

If I want to relax and not do anything, I don't want to leave home.

The atmosphere of Catholicism in Korea is quite different to the way it is practised and perceived in Europe or the U.S.

Actors are professionals who deal with people's emotions and their thoughts.

I'm not the kind of director who aims to send a message out.

I have always meticulously storyboarded my films from beginning to end.

I grew up in a very Catholic family. Up until puberty, I would go to a Catholic church every week.

I don't really believe in the auteur theory.

When I grow older and less popular, there will come a time when I have to shoot films on low budgets.

Living without hate for people is almost impossible.

I've read all of Sarah Waters's novels which have been translated into Korean.

When I was making my first films, I was very interested in Hollywood B movies.

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

It is not possible for a person to be completely free of sin and be squeaky clean.

When we are confronted with extreme situations, we forget about moral issues; we simply act and must then accept the consequences.

When you consider the concept of vampirism, it is inherently part of a Western culture.

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

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

Whenever I visit a city, I like to see what classical music concerts are on offer.

I am not going to do a film based on a bad scenario just to make a big Hollywood film or work with Hollywood stars.

A priest encounters temptation every day, and some of that desire is very natural.

The reason I want to show shocking things is that they always pose an ethical question.

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

I love Philip Glass' work, not only as a film composer but also as a musician. The film score work that he does always amazes and shocks me.

As I grow older I spend more time with my wife, and gradually my interest in the woman's world is growing.

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

When it comes to remaking my own films in the English language, I can only imagine that it is a very boring process, I wouldn't ever dream of it.

I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.

I hate jeans for no reason.

A film set is a workplace for me; it's my office, and nobody really wants to be in a stressful work environment.

I believe 'love' is very nice to hear, but it's used so much that it's come to a point where it's almost meaningless.

I became a film director, but I wasn't successful with my first couple of films, so I had to turn to becoming a film critic to make a living.

I'd like to do a really masculine film.

People who really try to be conscious of what they have done, who take responsibility, to me these kinds of people are heroes.

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

Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.

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

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

Lots of people think the violence in the films I make is overwhelming, but they think they're seeing something that they aren't seeing.

In our lives, we have good things and bad things, happiness and pain.

Whether it's trivial or important, every choice has a moral aspect to it to a certain degree.

Certain subjects may no longer be taboo in cinema. But there are ways to treat them that still create shock.

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