We live in a beauty-obsessed culture, which on one hand is absolutely fabulous, but on the flip side, is also dangerously extreme.

Good and bad, what's good and bad? I don't know.

I've stopped showing actors what to actually do. I rather just talk to them about it. Then I usually play music. That's a great way to convey inner emotion, bring the power of style and acting together. That's really what it is, very good acting without talking.

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

I think that I am a pornographer, meaning that I make movies based on what excites me and what I would like to see.

The world needs change, change needs an activity. It has to be planted by a thought.

Financially, it was very successful. Which is the most important thing. That is the only way you get to make another movie. It's very simple. The market will value you.