There's a lot of regret that I have about not showing my proper gratitude to my grandmother. — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
My mom grew up without a father because he died in the Korean War. And my grandmother, her life was completely upended… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
My grandmother, if she were still alive, she'd be very proud that I held through and did a film in Korean and… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
After everything my parents were teaching us about Korean culture, about being respectful and all these things, you know, here came my… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
She died when I was 16 and I just think no history books, nothing is ever going to talk about my grandmother.… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
My sister and I thought my grandmother was not very grandmotherly compared to all of the church ladies that we knew. She… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
When I look back now, as an adult, I'm able to see my mom and grandmother in a different way that I… — 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
My father came to America believing in the romantic dream of what he saw in films like 'Big Country' and 'Giant' - this fertile… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
There's a lot of regret that I have about not showing my proper gratitude to my grandmother. — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
I didn't grow up breathing cinema. I had to figure it all out in public. — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
