Personally I kept my feelings out of it and created a fantasy. That's the process of going through this world being beautiful.

I'm a very feminine man. I like feminine things. I don't go to strip clubs. I don't drink beer. I don't play sports.

But once you get down to reality, there's no one to play her and there's no movie. It would be ridiculous.

I always say I have a Danish passport, but I am a New Yorker at heart.

I don't do drugs, and so music very much gets me going. When I do something, I think, "If it was a piece of music, what would it be?"

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.

The act of creation can be an extreme violent experience.