A movie is really provocation. It's not a message, it's not a statement.

Emotions serve characters' purposes. That is their motivation.

If the movie is quiet I generally feel the audience is busy. That's when they're working.

Mostly it's like, I get inspired by something and I want to learn that part of filmmaking, I want to delve into that kind of depth. And leading, also, a lot of people. A lot of people, for two years of their life they follow me, and they believe what I believe in. So that's some responsibility and I'd like to make it worth the effort.

Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically. They have to please the crowd - they're movie stars; their image is their industry. It goes beyond acting.

I had to find my way of translating the excitement you get when you're reading comic books to the big screen.

I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person.