Gaining trust is not difficult for me. I needed to gain the trust of the North Korean supervisors.

I believe the common denominator of the Universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder.

I don't spend sleepless nights over getting very bad reviews.

People think we had a love-hate relationship. Well, I did not love him, nor did I hate him. We had mutual respect for each other, even as we both planned each other's murder.

I know for sure that there is only one step from insecticide to genocide.

Someone like Jean-Luc Godard is for me intellectual counterfeit money when compared to a good kung fu film.

Read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read...if you don't read, you will never be a filmmaker.

Money doesn't make films. You just do it and take the initiative.

Facts do not convey truth. That's a mistake. Facts create norms, but truth creates illumination.

What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams.

Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.

The most beautiful clothes that can dress a woman are the arms of the man she loves. But for those who haven't had the fortune of finding this happiness, I am there.

We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society.

Be ambitious about things that last.

One cannot start a new life, you can only continue the old one.

We sell the movies. Women need to know they are an asset and they are the ones who should be making the money.

I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.

I was taken to concerts when I was six, seven years old, and sat in a box throughout the whole evening.

I had been found in a mud puddle at 4:30 in the morning.

Often I'll go to the market, and women will say to me: "Let me see your shoes." And then I show them I'm wearing flip-flops.

Your attitude is more important that your aptitude.