29 Quotes by Bong Joon-ho

I don't intentionally make my films with the express goal of surprising the viewer.

I think each film should be regarded as its own specific text.

In the mid 1990s the Korean film industry was really open-minded.

The multilevel, the conscious and the unconscious, is natural when I write scripts, when I come up with ideas and stories.

There is a lot of extreme emotion in Korean film. It's because there are a lot of extremes in Korean society.

I think when one becomes very close to another person, it can mean loving and intimacy, but on the other hand, there's also the danger of one destructing another under the name of love. I think that is the scariest thing for me in various relationships.

Until the end of elementary school, I lived in a suburban area, so the type of village I used to live in is borderline between village and the city, so I'm familiar with the rustic environment.

When you first think of making a monster movie you have to realize that a lot of people may be down on you because there is a big prejudice against such films.

I am a fan of the monster and horror genre but that's not my style as a director.