Words matter. These are the best Park Chan-wook Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I hate jeans for no reason.
I’d like to do a really masculine film.
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 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.
A priest encounters temptation every day, and some of that desire is very natural.
Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
When you consider the concept of vampirism, it is inherently part of a Western culture.
The point of revenge is not in the completion but in the process.
I’ve read all of Sarah Waters’s novels which have been translated into Korean.
When you first hear Mozart’s music, your first impression is that it’s very alive, but if you peel away the layers, you can hear sorrow and sadness behind it, and that’s what I try to be: multi-layered.
I do like musical films more than big Hollywood films, especially those by Jacques Demi and Vincent Minelli.
I’d love to do a sci-fi movie, a western, or an espionage thriller. But I’m not going to limit myself. If a good script comes along, I’m not going to discount it because it doesn’t fit into one of these genres.
Whether it’s trivial or important, every choice has a moral aspect to it to a certain degree.
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.
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.
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.
When I was going through puberty, I had all these feelings of being unstable through those years, and being uncontrollably drawn to things of beauty and things that are bad.
If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there’s no vacation destination like home.
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.
If I want to relax and not do anything, I don’t want to leave home.
When I grow older and less popular, there will come a time when I have to shoot films on low budgets.
Whenever I visit a city, I like to see what classical music concerts are on offer.
When I was growing up, we were taught in school that North Koreans, and especially the North Korean leadership, were all devils.
As I grow older I spend more time with my wife, and gradually my interest in the woman’s world is growing.
People who really try to be conscious of what they have done, who take responsibility, to me these kinds of people are heroes.
In our lives, we have good things and bad things, happiness and pain.
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 film set is a workplace for me; it’s my office, and nobody really wants to be in a stressful work environment.
I’m not the kind of director who aims to send a message out.
When I was making my first films, I was very interested in Hollywood B movies.
