I Always Liked Strange Characters.

We All Know Interspecies Romance Is Weird.

Once You Get Labeled, There's Nothing You Can Do About It.

For Me, Fantasy Has Always Been A Means Of Exploring Reality: It Explores The Fact That Your Internal Life, Your Dreams And The Weird Images And The Things That Come To You Are Things That Are Actually Important Tools For Dealing With Real Issues.

I've Always Been More Comfortable Making My Decisions From The Subconscious Level, Or More Emotionally, Because I Find It Is More Truthful To Me; Intellectually, I Don't Think Like That Because I Get Uncomfortable.

There Was One Moment, And It Happened In School. I Had A Big Final Exam - We Were Supposed To Write A 20-page Report On This Book About Houdini. I Probably Would Have Loved Reading It, But I Didn't, So I Just Decided To Make A Little Super-8 Movie Based On It. I Tied Myself To The Railroad Tracks And All That. I Mean, This Is Kid Stuff, But It Impressed The Teacher, And I Got An A. And That Was Maybe My First Turning Point, When I Said, 'yeah, I Wouldn't Mind Being A Filmmaker.'