Jenna Malone was a very important piece of how the film [The Neon Demon] turned out.

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

I don't believe that art makes people violent in any way. I don't. But I do believe art can show people how to be violent and that's much more dangerous in a way.

Everything we do is about the emotion of the characters. We believe the better the emotion, the better the movie.

Reaction is what changes your understanding of the world.

I never look at the internet because then you just have nothing else to do but just look. Most generally, and even myself as a consumer, you think you know what you want. But what's more interesting is figuring out what you don't want. I think the only way that I can do that is just to do what I think is right. That is the only real gesture of respect. Then people can react to the movie how they want to react.

I've never really been on a date, because I've been with the same girl since my early twenties, but on our first date, I showed her The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. I was like, "Hey, you've got to see this!" And we've been together ever since.