We all desire things that we believe we cannot have, and so my films reflect that again and again. The mystery must be solved, the goal attained. Kim Jee-woon Read Quote
Actors are the flowers of the film, of the set, and of the director. The term ‘Flowers of the Screen’ holds a deep meaning. Kim Jee-woon Read Quote
I never make films thinking ‘This is my film. This right here is undoubtedly Kim Jee-Woon style.’ I am not even sure what ‘Kim Jee-Woon style’ is. When I make films, I never allow myself to make hard-set decisions ahead of time. Kim Jee-woon Read Quote
Lionsgate and Lorenzo di Bonaventura saw my Korean Western-style film, ‘The Good, the Bad, the Weird,’ and probably felt that I would be right for ‘The Last Stand,’ which could be classified as a modern Western. Kim Jee-woon Read Quote
One quality that a director needs to acquire in Hollywood is to understand the system and figure out how to work within the system to express one’s own ideas. Kim Jee-woon Read Quote
In Korea, the director has the final word. If the director makes a decision, that decision is final. In Hollywood, every decision needs to go through the producer, the studio, and sometimes even the main actor. There is a certain procedure that needs to be followed. Kim Jee-woon Read Quote
The Good, the Bad, the Weird’ is about individuals fulfilling their desires and just going the distance to fulfill that desire. Kim Jee-woon Read Quote
What can possibly be the common factor in a Kim Jee-woon film? I think what really ties a lot of my projects together is that there is always a character that believes his life is not exactly the way he wishes it to be. My regard for that character turns out to be a very sympathetic one. Kim Jee-woon Read Quote
I think my tendency when working is to try and find what’s lacking in my current project and then tackle that in whatever I do next. Kim Jee-woon Read Quote
The Western is as American as a film can get – there’s the discovery of a frontier, the element of a showdown, revenge, and determining the best gunman. There’s a certain masculinity to the Western that really appealed to me, and I’ve always wanted to do a Western in Hollywood. Kim Jee-woon Read Quote
