But no one should have the right to manipulate my films in the first place.

‘Macbeth’ is one of the best operas ever, and doing it was a great experience. I added some things to the opera based from my experience on the movie – such as some of the...

Shooting movies has changed, and me too – I have changed. And then, every film I do, something in my mind, my soul, changes. My natural change, I change at the same time as the...

I wanted to get back to my style of 20 years ago after a long period of exploring horror and fantasy themes.

No, it’s interesting to remake a film for the contemporary audience today. I think it’s a good idea; it needs to respect the original idea. Don’t just take the title and change everything else.

You must push everything to the absolute limit or else life will be boring. People will be boring.

Each film I make changes me in some way. When I start the picture I’m one person and by the time I finish I’m another.

When I was a teenager, I read a lot of Poe.

The psychiatrists examine you and ask you about your life and work, and then they decide whether your film can be shown or not. It’s a horrible experience.

I’ve never gone into analysis. But Freud opened a door, I know.

This is my life – I want to tell stories. There is something huge inside me that pushes me to tell stories, and tell stories for an audience and everybody.

The Opera was a very cold film, a hopeless and dark film, no hope, no love.

Even in the former Soviet Union, they have good copies of my movies.

I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences.

To try and raise a budget for a film that is strictly for adults and both strong and graphic in content is not easy, especially when there is pressure to spend serious money on good...