We grew up in rural Arkansas without any Koreans close by, and when I go to Korea feel out of place. — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
Growing up where I was, there were no Asians, no minorities, and there was always something to remind me of what I'm… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
Because growing up as an Asian-American and growing up as someone who is not white, oftentimes in this country you can feel… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
There was never a point where I thought, 'I'm going to do something Asian American.' — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
I always tend to gravitate toward the idea of things being human: that this isolation I feel as an Asian American, even… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
What I noticed is that the lens from which people want to look at 'Minari' is just from that Asian-American angle. And… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
A lot of times we have these categories that maybe don't fit the reality of human experience and human identity. I'm completely… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
Having parents who are chicken sexers - I had trouble explaining that to kids at school! — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
For a struggling filmmaker running low on ideas, public domain is all we have for adapting books. — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
We grew up in rural Arkansas without any Koreans close by, and when I go to Korea feel out of place. — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
The attention and all the interviews and all that, it has been wild and something that I'm not used to. — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
I remember when I told my parents that I wanted to be a filmmaker, and no longer was I planning to be a doctor,… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
There's a constant level of risk in farming that so few movies let you feel. I wanted to show some of that, but also,… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
I was so excited when 'Parasite' won the Oscar last year, and part of that was the shared Korean heritage and also it was… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
There are a lot of Korean films that will show marital strife, but I'm not sure I've seen so many that will show it… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
I think one of the things that I had to establish for myself quite early on was the rule that this is not my… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
Any time there is a film in a 'foreign language,' in Spanish or Korean or whatever language, it's usually not an American film. It's… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
I know, it's disturbing that gentle looking people have such violence, but I believe we all have a penchant for violence in us. — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
