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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.

From Park Chan-wook

The reason I want to show shocking things is that they always pose an ethical question.

From Park Chan-wook

When you consider the concept of vampirism, it is inherently part of a Western culture.

From Park Chan-wook

Whether it's trivial or important, every choice has a moral aspect to it to a certain degree.

From Park Chan-wook

I grew up in a very Catholic family. Up until puberty, I would go to a Catholic church every week.

From 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.

From Park Chan-wook

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.

From Park Chan-wook