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Seventies cinema - 'Taxi Driver,' 'Deliverance' - that was the best period of American cinema.

For the record, I'm straight.

Sometimes when I make a movie, my main goal is to show the movie to one particular director.

I used to consume a lot of horror movies as a teenager, and some impressed me more than other ones. I would watch Romero's movies, Dario Argento's movies, 'Eraserhead' over and over. 'Possession,' 'Repulsion,' 'Freaks.'

I can't prevent myself of being funny.

Before being a person, man is an animal, with all its reptilian compulsions. And if at some point you block the conscious part of the mind, you've got all the reptilian compulsions that come out.

I went to see some voguing ballrooms and krump battles, and I was hypnotized by their body language. These guys, who are usually very poor, become stars onstage once a month in a ballroom or in a battle.

Yeah, I was only in New York from the age of six months until five years old. But my very first memories are all of New York. I remember my first rainbow on a beach in New York. I remember jumping on a bed in New York.

It's funny how much the lie of a life after life works with people. Even people who are non-believers seem to think that their soul is going to survive.

When your brain and body stop working, it turns into hell. Death is at that point desired. It's the best thing that can happen.

I'm very proud of every single movie, whether they make money or not.

Sometimes you don't want to abandon a project to go to another move and come back, so maybe because I have a manic obsession I stick to my idea, and I'd rather wait than do something that is not my main passion.

Love' touches women more. They say it is feminist.

In my case, I feel very protected when I see a movie. That's why I like making violent movies or radical movies.

If I make a happy, happy movie one day, I'll think it's dull.

Tokyo's like a huge pinball machine. The first time you're there, and you don't understand what's going on, it's like 'ding ding ding ding ding' everywhere. The lights are changing, the neon lights are moving.

I want to make clear that I do not promote any belief of a lord or a reward after this lifetime. If you want to be rewarded, reward yourself during this lifetime. No one is going to help you out.

I can't stand musicals, but I love dance because it's a corporeal language that can be so rich and sometimes so unusual.

I mostly get bored by comedies, action movies, science fiction movies - they are so predictable.

When you make a movie, you're just having fun with the audience.

The truth is that... if you put any idea out there that's kind of flashy, you have many, many people that are going to be copying it. This happens whether you do movies, paintings or music.