I grew up in the '80s and John Hughes was the filmmaker making serious movies for teenagers.

The Oriental approach to violence is a much more aesthetic and poetic approach, whereas in the western world, violence is put in because you can't solve the problem. Violence is always the last solution, but unfortunately, in cinema, it's the first solution, because it's easy. And it's often too easy.

I certainly believe that creativity must be an experience. If I'm to steal time away from people, we should give them something to react to.

I love rock ballads, and I'm kind of in emotional turmoil, being ill and high, so I start to sing to the song, I turn it up and start to sing.

I never look at the internet because then you just have nothing else to do but just look. Most generally, and even myself as a consumer, you think you know what you want. But what's more interesting is figuring out what you don't want. I think the only way that I can do that is just to do what I think is right. That is the only real gesture of respect. Then people can react to the movie how they want to react.

You know the one I want to do? I want to make Batgirl.

I never desired to really go to Hollywood and make films, and purely because I want my entire control, which I'm used to having.