I came out of independent film, that's my roots. I used my independent film as a laboratory, and used what I could discover in that laboratory.

Every great story seems to begin with a snake.

I always say, if you think it’s over the top then tell me where the top is first. I don’t think anyone can. But if you can tell me where the top is then I’ll tell you whether or not I’m over it.

When you start a movie, it's not like other kinds of work that you have when you know your boss for years or colleagues for years. You're meeting everyone, mostly, for the first time. You have to get comfortable with those people so you can perform, because the first thing that is going to shut you down is any kind of anxiety.

I'm not really gadget oriented. I'm not into technology or computers. I'm not good at interfacing with that sort of gear.

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.

Yeah, my real name is Coppola. I changed it because they'd think I was some nepotism-oriented kid.