Stick Boy liked Match Girl, He liked her a lot. He liked her cute figure, he thought she was hot. But could a flame ever burn for a match and a stick? It did quite literally; he burned up quick.

That's what I always loved about [Federico] Fellini's films: You see the weird joy of the weird filmmaking family and the abstract craziness that goes along with it, and there's something about it that's quite beautiful.

Johnny Depp is somebody I really love working with because he doesn't care how he looks. He wants to become weird characters and I like that.

When I was a kid I always wanted to be a mad scientist. I don't know... a regular scientist just was no one.

The Boy with Nails in His Eyes put up his aluminum tree. It looked pretty strange because he couldn't really see.

You don't know whether chimps are going to kill you or kiss you. They're very open on some levels and much more evil in a certain way.

You can learn a lot from children because they see things new every day. That's the beauty of what you want to achieve as an artist - seeing things in a different way. Kids are constantly saying things that are funny and surprising and their observations are just... you know, they're like little artists themselves.