But she knows she has a curse on her, a curse she cannot win. For if someone gets too close to her, the pins stick further in.

I like actors who like to change and transform to other things.

I get so tired of people saying, 'Oh, you only make fantasy films and this and that', and I'm like, 'Well no, fantasy is reality', that's what Lewis Carroll showed in his work.

I grew up watching monster movies and horror movies, which I felt were like fairy tales and I think this always spoke to me. Something about that is symbolism - the beauty and the magic which helps me work with film and start making modern fairy tales.

Some people get therapy, some people get to make movies.

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.

People told me I couldn't kill Nicholson, so I cast him in two roles and killed him off twice.