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.

I feel that silence is the greatest word, ever. When you don't talk, people begin to read things into you or you become what they long for. When you don't talk, you almost become the mirror image of the other person.

There's incredible effect in being either loved or hated, but knowing that, either way, you have penetrated the mind and have altered it; that is a very pleasurable feeling.

I think that Danish people may be thought off as the happiest people, but honestly...I love America.

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

The idea of narcissism, essentially, is and will be accepted as a virtue.

The thing with Ryan, you can look at him for hours. Very few actors have that. It's a gift.