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

I wanted to make a horror film about beauty.

[The Neon Demon] was more my own fascination with beauty. It's my children's fascination beauty.

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

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

There's incredible effect in being either loved or hated, but knowing that, either way, you have penetrated the mind and have altered it; that is a very pleasurable feeling.

I always say I have a Danish passport, but I am a New Yorker at heart.