As I grow older I spend more time with my wife, and gradually my interest in the woman's world is growing. Park Chan-wook More Quotes by Park Chan-wook More Quotes From Park Chan-wook If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home. Park Chan-wook vacationdestinationhome 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. Park Chan-wook haterevengepeople 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 fakewatchesbelieve 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. Park Chan-wook cowardviolenceheart In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central. Park Chan-wook opinionviolencepeople The point of revenge is not in the completion but in the process. Park Chan-wook exacting-revengerevengeprocess 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. Park Chan-wook unclesflowerevil If you would ask me what my ideal process is, I would say, long pre-production, long production and long post-production. Park Chan-wook ask-meprocesslong 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. Park Chan-wook koreanfilmreason-why I actually pay careful attention to that sort of thing - infusing humor into my films - because that's how important I think humor is. Park Chan-wook importantattentionthinking I don't really believe in the auteur theory. Park Chan-wook auteurstheorybelieve Sometimes you need these warm, human moments - something that feels close - to help things along. Park Chan-wook helpingsometimesneeds 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 nicelove-isbelieve 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 airmenideas I feel myself becoming more mature and more fascinated and drawn to feminine values. Park Chan-wook femininebecomingmature I am sure I am one of 2000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires. Park Chan-wook filmdirectorsworld The audience seems hazy to me, shrouded in a veil through which I can't see. Park Chan-wook hazyaudienceveils 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. Park Chan-wook perspectiveevilblood 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 musicianglassesdoe In our lives, we have good things and bad things, happiness and pain. Park Chan-wook our-livespaingood-things
