I think that experiencing through art is a wonderful way to expand the horizon and everything around it.

[The Neon Demon] was more my own fascination with beauty. It's my children's fascination beauty.

How can creativity be bad? You can have, "I liked it" or "I didn't like it," but, in the end, it's an individual experience. How can you even begin to define that? I find that sometimes extremely arrogant and counter-productive.

Sometimes I just play the theme from Arthur. It reminds me of my childhood in New York and I just love it.

I try not to have too specific notions because it messes up the process later on. I leave it very open to interpretation until I start casting. Everything changes a lot when you start casting. I mean everything.

Man's fear of sexuality is the basis of all horror from the male perspective.

Film works when a director and a star have a connection. You know, when there's something telekinetic between them, there's a partnership, it's like alter egos. It's like James Stewart and Alfred Hitchcock, or Fellini and Mastroianni. I'm not comparing, I'm just saying, if you can come into a relationship where the director and star have such a bond, it's so much easier to make a movie.