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.

I think that experiencing through art is a wonderful way to expand the horizon and everything around it.

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

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.

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

I try not to have too specific notions because it messes up the process later on. I leave it very open to interpretation until I start casting. Everything changes a lot when you start casting. I mean everything.

Nowadays, teenagers are so fast and quick to see through any form of manipulation. Sitting down and just thinking of something is like watching really bad pornography.