I was always fascinated by the infinite, strange and 'scandalous' ways that insects copulate.

Although Dorothy in Blue Velvet was humiliated and hurt by men, basically I could react to how she felt.

To me, it is very important to have perfume in which it is hard to recognize a particular flower or scent. That gives a touch of mystery.

I am much more radical in my beliefs than my products represent me to be.

I don't think a Hollywood actor is safe from acting in the rain: it all depends on the film.

When I took my clothes off in Blue Velvet, I wanted to convey the brutality of sex abuse. I wanted to look like a quartered cow hanging in a butcher shop as well as disturbingly appealing.

A lot of the advertisement is done by saying: first of all, have a complex about who you are.