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.

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

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

I don’t really believe in the auteur theory.

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.

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

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

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.

Ever since I arrived in America to promote “Stoker,” I haven’t had time to go and see it in a theater. The fact that I had to shoot twice as fast as I’m used to in Korea was the most challenging thing about my Hollywood experience.

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