Stories you read when you're the right age never quite leave you. You may forget who wrote them or what the story was called.
I want to just do my job and do it well.
I like to do projects that challenge me, and hopefully in turn challenge the audience, or open your eyes to something you're not aware of.
Director Park always talked to me about her in a very innocent way, that the story was of her coming of age and her sexual awakening and her going from girl to woman and that she had the same desires and hopes as other young people in terms of being very infatuated, which comes in the form of her uncle, which is very unconventional.
I read a lot of books. So, usually when I go home I try to re-charge my batteries and absorb new stories to become inspired again.
It sounds corny to say, but it was really inspiring seeing kids that were just living and connecting with people. That was something I really understood, the need and want for connection, and fun, and it not needing to be sympathetic, just sort of good fun.
I always collect a bunch of images for every film that I do, that reminds me of an essence of the character, or the time that they live in, or what they're experiencing.
She rides as a man, goes unveiled as a man, fights as a man. Let her prove herself worthy as a man, worthy of her weapons and of our friendship.
The only thing worse than dying is living a boring life.
Actually, I'm addicted to science fiction. Let me make my diction clear - I love sci-fi.
A goal is not just about what you accomplish. It’s about what you become.