Frankly, you're always up and down. You're successful and then you're not.

There's absolutely no point in beating yourself up. Focus on going forward.

I really dislike it when women reject feminism; that's ridiculous. I am a product of feminism. Without feminism I would not be making films.

I just don't think I'm an ideological filmmaker in any way. I don't know how anyone could see anything I've done and see that.

I make unpopular versions of popular things. I make a horror film and it's not a horror film. None of my genre movies function as genre movies.

Punk rock, when I was a part of it, was called 'the underground.' There was something very attractive in all the hidden places, the hidden histories.

Mostly I'm just not American. I spent four years of my childhood here, but I think if you're Canadian you have a very different perspective. You don't think you're at the center of things.

One thing I'm not is a moralistic filmmaker. I'm not trying to tell people what to do, and I'm not trying to lead.

Movies are a commitment. They take years of your life and they have big consequences. That's one of the bad things about movies - you're stuck with the aftermath.

I'm not trying to make the world a better place.

Some actors can draw from their own darkness.

It's amazing how quickly nature consumes human places after we turn our backs on them. Life is a hungry thing.

If you've had the right kind of education, it's amazing how many things you can find to feel guilty about.

Let there be peace within my walls and prosperity within my palaces.

You have my soul and I have your money

Readers transform a library from a mausoleum into many theaters.

But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.

My job, I think, is the hardest job out of all the judges because I am the only one that is a performer.

All my moves were designed to promote the happiness and wellbeing of my family, rather than fame.

I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.

In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.