Snakes are sometimes perceived as evil, but they are also perceived as medicine. If you look at an ambulance, there's the two snakes on the side of the ambulance. The caduceus, or the staff of Hermes, there's the two snakes going up it, which means that the venom can also be healing.

I care about the connection with the audience. Film is such a powerful medium. Movies can change the way people think.

My definition of a father is someone who empowers their children.

I do like characters that have flaws, some sort of pathos to them that they are trying to sort out.

When I started experimenting with fantasy and horror films and looking for characters who had some sort of emotional or mental difficulty, I saw opportunities to express my music - dare I say art - in a way that I could get a bit surreal.

I think the paparazzi might have chased me out of Los Angeles.

I want people to discover my movies, and however they choose to receive it is their business.