I like actors who, when you see them on screen, you sense a person, not just an actor.

In the moment of making films, I want to share my observations of life, not of other films.

Adult movies with any artistic credit are released in the last quarter of the year and expected to gird for battle for Globes and Oscars. So the films aren't being seen just for themselves, but rather in a competitive context.

I don't feel despair because I am able to make the films I want to make, and that gives me hope.

You just never know when you're living in a golden age.

Were "A Clockwork Orange" or "Blue Velvet" released today, would they have the same power to shock that they had when they came out? Are we too inured by that torrent of images and the ridiculousness of modern political life, so that nothing shocks us anymore? What does it take to shock someone today - or at least jolt them? I don't have an answer. I'm just asking the question.

Each one of my movies becomes easier to get off the ground.