If I could steal someone's dream myself, I'd have to go for one of Orson Welles.

Revenge is a particularly interesting concept, especially the notion of whether or not it exists outside of just an abstract idea.

I think audiences get too comfortable and familiar in today's movies. They believe everything they're hearing and seeing. I like to shake that up.

Don't talk like one of them. You're not! Even if you'd like to be. To them, you're just a freak, like me! They need you right now, but when they don't, they'll cast you out, like a leper! You see, their morals, their code, it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these... these civilized people, they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve. -The Joker

I think there are advantages to different scales of filmmaking. You wouldn't want to do just one thing.

I remember the initial genesis quite clearly. My interest in dreams comes from this notion of realizing that when you dream you create the world that you are perceiving, and I thought that feedback loop was pretty amazing.

To be honest, I don't enjoy watching movies much when I'm working. They tend to fall apart on me a bit.