“Not only do I look at the playback with the actors, but I look at the on-set assembly footage with the sequences with my actors as well. These are the reasons why I take twice as much time to shoot a film in Korea. Thinking back, I remember on my first ever Korean film, I never used any playback or on-set assembly, so all I had to do was to tell myself it's just like making my first ever Korean-language film. After that, I felt right at home.” ThinkingFirstsWellsLooksReasonHomeRememberFilmUsedActorsLanguageFeltReason WhySequenceKoreaAssemblyKorean Author:Park Chan-wook
“In my creative films, if there was something, some humorous moment that is lost to a non-Korean speaking audience, I'll be very sad.” IfsMomentsFilmLostAudienceCreativeHumorousKoreanVery Sad Author:Park Chan-wook
“I tend not to use the humor which would only apply to Koreans, or which would only affect the Koreans, as much as I can.” I CanUseKorean Author:Park Chan-wook
“If you are watching my films and wondering, am I missing humorous speak because I'm not Korean? Am I missing out? You don't have to worry, because you're only missing probably about a few cents worth out of your ticket price.” IfsFilmSpeakWonderWorryMissingHumorousCentsTicketsKoreanMissing Out Author:Park Chan-wook
“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.” I CanReasonWantedFilmWesternGenreReason WhyKoreanAmerican FilmWestern Films Author:Park Chan-wook
“I've read all of Sarah Waters's novels which have been translated into Korean.” Has BeensWaterNovelKorean Author: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.” SchoolGrowing UpGrowingTaughtDevilKoreanNorth Korean Author:Park Chan-wook
