I don't trust anyone that hasn't been to jail at least once in their life.

Well cult is a word you would never say in Hollywood. In any film business, if you're trying to get your next film made, you would never say, "Oh, my last film was a cult film." I'd say, "Oh great, well I hope this one isn't!"

My favorite characters are people who think they're normal but they're not. I live in Baltimore, and it's full of people like that. I've also lived in New York, which is full of people who think they're crazy, but they're completely normal.

I don't think I had a bad influence on anybody. I made people feel better about themselves.

I care about the presidential elections. I always vote. Sometimes I've voted more than once, illegally. But you can't anymore. The picture ID has ruined everything.

When I started making movies about weird people, I knew they were weird, I was infected with irony, and I wanted New York to notice.

I learned that people like my work because I praise things that others don't like.