It's hard to find logic in things sometimes. That's why I can't analyze things too much, because it often doesn't make much sense.

There's something about taking a classic movie that people love and doing another version of that, you're setting yourself up for a mistake.

I did some sports. It was a bit frustrating. I wasn't the greatest sports person.

Nobody had his [Ed Wood's] style. That's something I try to do in my films. You have your own kind of cryptic messages in there - cryptic things that most people wouldn't understand but are important to you. Things that kind of keep you going through the process.

When you don’t have many friends and you don’t have a social life you’re kind of left looking at things, not doing things. There’s a weird freedom in not having people treat you like you’re part of society or where you have to fulfill social relationships.

I don't have a dog, because I travel too much. I don't want to just leave it abandoned.

My name is Jimmy, but my friends just call me the hideous penguin boy.