In "Drive," there's a heightened male edge. In "Only God Forgives," it was almost crawling back into the womb of the mother. And now with "The Neon Demon," being reborn as a 16-year-old girl.

The fairy tale always takes place in worlds that are between, unidentifiable.

I'm a fetishist. I make films based on what I would like to see.

I feel Amazon is really bringing films into the future. So for me it was the best of both worlds.

Understanding one's own power is more interesting than someone being given something powerful.

Abbey Lee was a very famous model and had great success. She was very open about the negative aspects of that industry.

Look at the birth of anything; it's always more violent than anything you could ever imagine.