It's just like any relationship, the more contained the environment, the more the good stuff appears and the more the bad stuff will reveal itself.

You kind of invite a little spooky, creepy vibe into your whole experience of making a movie.

I think on some level, that's a fear that exists in everybody, that if we're tested, we won't make the courageous choice. We won't make the decision that would make us heroic. We make the decision that would reveal us to be all too human.

Animals... don't have a sense of time. You just have to do things over and over with animals until they happen to do it right because they don't really know what you want.

I was going to be a musician, no matter what it took. I supported myself with blue-collared jobs so I could write music and be in a band and play shows. I even got into an underground art scene. I was going to do whatever.

When one gets time duration, one becomes very restricted, and hence, creativity suffers.

Acting is an expression of imagination. No firsthand knowledge is necessary.

It is essential for artistes to have that release of creativity, almost as necessary as eating food or drinking water.