I took time off and realized that what I was lacking was the discipline in trying to write a script. — 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… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
But for me, at one point I was like, 'Why do I want to make films that people want to walk out… — 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
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
When I was thinking of giving up, I was very dissatisfied with the idea that the films that I've made are the… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
My parents, they grew up in a time when there was war in Korea. And my grandmother, her husband, my grandfather, was… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
I remember hearing my mom saying so many times we should never have left Korea. She would see the way that I… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
I just hope that in some ways, 'Minari' can pave the way for other filmmakers, other actors, other projects that maybe don't… — 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
