Short answers seem like you don't care even if you are trying to answer. I get the same flack for my short texting.

Who is this irresistible creature who has an insatiable love for the dead?

You just have to do the thing that you feel is true to your vision, and then the audience will make the decision. But as soon as you feel like you're creating a product to just cater to what you think they want, it never works. It always feels phony. And the audience can tell immediately.

I think it is good escapist entertainment even though it's bad.

Probably the biggest thing that surprises people is that I am obsessed with hockey. I grew up in the Boston area so I am obsessed with hockey since I was a little kid.

Sometimes things just aren't of their time, and they take a minute to catch on, or they find an audience later. Sometimes bizarre little films are the ones that everyone remembers later. With most big major blockbusters, people will have already forgotten about it two weeks after it came out.

I never made movies that had any of my music. I haven't crossed them over that much.