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

If an actor or actress is recognizable, that changes our perception of them.

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

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

I woke up one day and I realized I wasn't born beautiful, but my wife was, so I decided to make a horror film about it: what it would be like to be born beautiful.

I wanted to make a horror film about beauty.

Creativity is very self-indulgent.