I think that Danish people may be thought off as the happiest people, but honestly...I love America.

The character requires so many elements. The only one who could fulfill that was this one person: Elle Fanning.

I don't drive because I failed eight times and never got my license.

Elle Fanning was fifteen when we started [The Neon Demon]. She turned seventeen during the shoot. Four weeks before Cannes, she turned eighteen. She had her prom at Cannes.

I like doing the promotional work. It's part of the film's process. Cannes was very wonderful to premiere.

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

The Oriental approach to violence is a much more aesthetic and poetic approach, whereas in the western world, violence is put in because you can't solve the problem. Violence is always the last solution, but unfortunately, in cinema, it's the first solution, because it's easy. And it's often too easy.