The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? Like 'Republican party' or 'airplane food.'

I think kids, in general as an audience, are the way forward because they're not sort of sullied by intellectual expectation or this or that. It's a very pure kind of response to the work.

Puberty was very vague. I literally locked myself in a room and played guitar.

Every filmmaker's different, every filmmaker has a different approach.

I found the evil in myself a long time ago, and I've accepted it. We're old friends.

How many chances to you get to make a musical about a serial killer? The minute Tim Burton approached me, I was in.

Kids accept a lot more, and they buy it, because they're free.