Park Chan-wook Quotes

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

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

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

Actually, I can't stand watching violent scenes in films; I avoid watching horror films. I don't tend to watch action films mainly because I find them boring, but I watch the films of David Cronenberg and Martin Scorsese, usually in a state close to having a heart attack. I'm a complete coward. I make violent films as a result of my sensitivity to violence - in other words, my fear of violence.

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.

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

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

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

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

I am sure I am one of 2000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.

I hate jeans for no reason.

You could say that evil is contagious in that we have this mesmerizing mentor in Uncle Charlie who comes into your life. Every person has a seed of evil inside them, and when you come across such a mesmerizing mentor, he is able to successfully turn it into a flower of evil.

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

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

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.

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

I did have a feminist side to me, just not in such a pronounced way.

I don't really believe in the auteur theory.

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

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.

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.

Certainly, it includes that. I want the story to be interpreted in as many ways as possible, and of course, the bad blood aspect of it included. For instance, perhaps this is a story not about the hereditary nature of evil, but rather you could interpret it from a different perspective, too.

I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but Mad Men changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.