My father used to say that you could only access culture before cinema by learning to read and write, but that once cinema was invented, knowledge was available to anybody.

But my mother loved The Elephant Man, and my father gave David Lynch a scholarship to study in Rome.

My father used to say that you could only access culture before cinema by learning to read and write, but that once cinema was invented, knowledge was available to anybody.

I am the daughter of Mr. Neo-realism: I should gravitate towards narrative simply told, character, the truth. And I do love those movies.

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.

You dont do an experimental film to become rich, so the people who are involved are involved because they enjoy the creative aspect of it.

If we are completely honest with ourselves, everyone has a dark side to their personalities.