I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me to make the new Superman.
You know, I think Chris Nolan is an incredibly intelligent filmmaker, and I think Leonardo DiCaprio is an incredibly talented actor.
I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder.
I like Spike Lee a lot. He's incredibly gifted and I don't think he gets the credit he deserves as a filmmaker.
I'm not a master; I'm just a hard-working filmmaker. I would like everyone to see me as a friend rather than a master.
The filmmaker is really important to me: it could be their first film; it's not just about their reputation, but I have to really believe in them.
Obviously, I've made several films in Korea, so I'm very well accustomed and acclimated to Korean filmmaking.
But I don't have such a strong desire to need to get away from filmmaking.
I think documentary filmmakers need as much protection as possible under journalist's privilege. How else is the public to know what is going on?
I'm a documentary filmmaker by training. You got to start with the real people and the real place.
I came to filmmaking because it's my passion. I decided I can't have it distorted or marred by someone else deciding what it should be.
My filmmaking really began with technology. It began through technology, not through telling stories, because my 8mm movie camera was the way into whatever I decided to do.
I think all the filmmakers in Hong Kong are influenced by John Woo.
I really hope people go out and support the indie filmmakers, because it's a dying breed and there's a lot of cool voices out there that need to be heard.
I love working with young people and young filmmakers, and I love working on first films. I think it's cool. It's fun. I just take it as it comes.
If you look at anybody who's had along career, if you look at the choices they've made - even if the movies haven't worked - they've always worked with great filmmakers.
Filmmaking is a great adventure. I'm as excited as a kid to be given tickets to fly suddenly to England, South Africa, America, everywhere. I'm still a 13-year-old kid, flying.
Every good writer or filmmaker has something eating at them, right? That they can't quite get off their back . And so your job is to make your audience care about your obsessions.
I think as a filmmaker my first contribution would just be to make a good movie that people would love to see and leave the theatre charged, with a sense of excitement.
I read an interview with Mark Wahlberg, and he was like, 'I might read a script and love it, but it's all about the filmmaker.' I think that's a good lesson for me.
It's valuable to me as an artist and actor to explore all kinds of outlets. So if a local filmmaker in Milwaukee had a good story, I'd be part of it in a second.
