If an actor or actress is recognizable, that changes our perception of them.

I've been trying to get away from physical violence; it's too easy; it doesn't satisfy me artistically to work with it. Dramatic violence is much more interesting, but it's much more difficult.

I just close my eyes and I fantasize what I would like to see.

Jenna Malone was a very important piece of how the film [The Neon Demon] turned out.

Creativity is very self-indulgent.

It's the hardest thing for an actor not to speak because you take away their main tool. So for an actor, it's very frustrating and very challenging, and very few people can pull it off. Some actors can say a thousand words with just a look, and it's a unique gift.

I think that's the struggle of our normality is that we have oppressed desires because of what is accepted and not accepted in society.