It's interesting that gay men and young women have been the twin engines of the Bettie [Page] cult.

There's absolutely no point in beating yourself up. Focus on going forward.

I grew up interested in the underside of Hollywood, which I think David Lynch does really well.

Punk rock, when I was a part of it, was called 'the underground.' There was something very attractive in all the hidden places, the hidden histories.

I had long periods where I couldn't make things happen, and then periods of enormous good luck. I guess the trick is to keep going in the periods when you're not lucky, when your stars are not aligned.

I was lucky with my first film because it had Warhol in it. That was the selling point.

I see that women still have self-doubt, and at the same time I feel like I see all these fantastic young women, and they all have ambition and are so focused on their futures. I don't think that's an anomaly anymore.