“I just hope that in some ways, 'Minari' can pave the way for other fil...” — Lee Isaac Chung Quote

“I just hope that in some ways, 'Minari' can pave the way for other filmmakers, other actors, other projects that maybe don't fit within traditional boxes - if it helps those films get made in the future, I'd be so thrilled.”

“There was never a point where I thought, 'I'm going to do something Asian American.'”

“I was used to always having a stack of Korean television VHS tapes growing up.”

“I don't look at life in terms of checking the boxes, making sure you have enough women here and enough men there.”

“When I first started experimenting with harmonics, I'd sometimes hook up two distortion boxes just to get my strings 'frying,' which helped bring out the harmonics.”

“I'm sick of people putting boxes around everyone, telling you where and how you have to fit in.”