Reaction is what changes your understanding of the world.

I wanted to make a horror film about beauty.

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.

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

I sometimes play different kinds of music to see where the performers end up. I play one genre. Then something else when I do it again. It really helps.

If the Wizard of Oz were real he would be in Hollywood.

Cinema is mass media, it is both overtly gross and exciting. It is our great mirror of society.