Elle Fanning was fifteen when we started [The Neon Demon]. She turned seventeen during the shoot. Four weeks before Cannes, she turned eighteen. She had her prom at Cannes.

The digital revolution is forever. They put importance on that option as well. With Amazon, you're getting the best of both worlds, with a whole new playing field.

Only God Forgives was very much a generation gap in a way. It was all the youth of the world that embraced it. I make films for young people. That's what I will continue to do.

I don't have to go very far to see the power of beauty. Being desired, feeling desired is a very seductive aspect of our being.

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

Creativity is very self-indulgent.

I can't make a film that I don't feel comfortable with.