I like extremes.

My world is just one big chaos!

Creativity is about a reaction.

Creativity is very self-indulgent.

Love comes from the strangest places.

I would love to make a romantic comedy.

Good and bad are not really relevant to me.

I wanted to make a horror film about beauty.

The greater the darkness, the better the drama.

I believe silence is the greatest sound of all.

Good and bad, what's good and bad? I don't know.

People react to 'Drive' in a way that is very primal.

You know the one I want to do? I want to make Batgirl.

If the Wizard of Oz were real he would be in Hollywood.

I can't make a film that I don't feel comfortable with.

I'm calculated in other things, but not in what I make.

The act of creation can be an extreme violent experience.

Reaction is what changes your understanding of the world.

I think the Internet is the greatest invention since women.

I think that every man has a 16-year-old girl inside of him.

I just close my eyes and I fantasize what I would like to see.

I like the early comic book characters more than the new ones.

I think 'Videodrome' was an absolute philosophical masterpiece.

I started making films purely based on what I would like to see.

I'm a fetishist. I make films based on what I would like to see.

I love watching the superhero movies and I would love to make one.

I'm a huge admirer of Keanu. I think he's absolutely extraordinary.

The future is not about what you do, it's about what you stand for.

I don't drive because I failed eight times and never got my license.

I'm not a knowledgeable comic fanatic, as a lot of other people are.

In a way "Drive" is probably the greatest superhero movie ever made.

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

Polarizing is the greatest achievement in any art form, even in cinema.

Art thrives on obstacles. The bigger the obstacle, the better the drama.

The idea of narcissism, essentially, is and will be accepted as a virtue.

If an actor or actress is recognizable, that changes our perception of them.

Television is dead. And television will not be reborn. It will not come back.

Man's fear of sexuality is the basis of all horror from the male perspective.

The fairy tale always takes place in worlds that are between, unidentifiable.

I believe in free education, free healthcare. But I do not believe in equality.

The artificial world that we create through images will essentially become real.

The best way to move forward - to bury the past. That doesn't mean you forget it.

I always think once you have the lead protagonist, you cast around that character.

I think everybody's looking for religion to believe in. I think we all need faith.

Jenna Malone was a very important piece of how the film [The Neon Demon] turned out.

The world needs change, change needs an activity. It has to be planted by a thought.

For me, the greatest pleasure is when you make something, and everyone argues about it.

I find beauty very frightening because it's such an all consuming subject in our society.

'Bronson' was like, 'I'll do a movie about my own life.' And it became like an experiment.

The first thing I do when I go to people's houses is look at their television, turn it on.

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