I live in a rural residential area. It’s a great place for a walk. I’m at my happiest when I’m listening to my iPod while walking around where my feet take me. – Park Chan-wook
If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there’s no vacation destination like home. – Park Chan-wook
Actors, I think, are all the same. Both Korean actors and American actors are all very sensitive people, and they are all curious to know what the director thinks of them and how they are evaluated, and they try to satisfy the director. And they like it if you listen carefully to their opinions and accept them. – Park Chan-wook
All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn’t matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn’t matter whether they are smart or stupid, these characters all take responsibility for their own behavior. I’m much the same. – Park Chan-wook
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. – Park Chan-wook
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. – Park Chan-wook
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. – Park Chan-wook
The reason I want to show shocking things is that they always pose an ethical question. – Park Chan-wook
I don’t think I’ve ever tried to make something happen that I’ve absolutely had to force. You know how they say: if you can’t avoid it, enjoy it. For me, it’s the other way around: if I can’t enjoy it, I avoid it. – Park Chan-wook
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. – Park Chan-wook
When I say that I am going to do an American film, I didn’t want to suddenly go off into a completely different world that which bears no relation to the style of filmmaking that I’m used to. – Park Chan-wook
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. – Park Chan-wook
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. – Park Chan-wook
When I was growing up, we were taught in school that North Koreans, and especially the North Korean leadership, were all devils. – Park Chan-wook
I guess I probably make violent films partly because I can’t express my anger in my real life very well. – Park Chan-wook
I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch. – Park Chan-wook
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. – Park Chan-wook
