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

I'm a fetish filmmaker, in that I don't know why I do what I do, I just like to see things. When I figure out what I would like to see, I will put it in a film.

I mean, what do you think creativity is? Nothing but self-indulgence. And the more self-indulgent it is, the more interesting it becomes. So I think that part of creativity is also falling in love with your own narcissism: accepting it, using it as an asset.

Man's fear of sexuality is the basis of all horror from the male perspective.

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

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.

The artificial world that we create through images will essentially become real.