I really would love to play a hannibal lector or PSYCO type character.

If you're alive, kick into drive. Chase whimsies. See if you can turn dreams into a way to make a living, if not an entire way of life.

I grew up in a pretty gay world - my brother's gay and he's been married to a man for 20 years, which is like 60 in straight-people years.

My job is to say, 'This is how I see the world. Do you agree?'

People always ask me if I hate the nuns. Do I make my movies extra dirty to piss them off? I always say no, that's not the point. To a Catholic, a movie is only dirty if it makes you want to have sex more. If it makes you feel sick, disgusted, ashamed of your own body, then it's not a dirty movie at all. It's a Catholic movie. And I make very Catholic movies.

It's like a dream come true. When somebody is paying you to talk about yourself, you've won.

Controversial' as we all know, is often a euphemism for 'interesting and intelligent.