Art is meant to disturb.
I'm uncertain, with horror fans, when is disturbing just disturbing, and when is it fun disturbing?
I think the violence in 'The Hills Have Eyes' and 'High Tension' is much more traumatic than 'Piranha.'
I've always been a huge fan of thrillers like David Fincher's 'Se7en.' I am fascinated by the disturbing, dark underbelly of life. I find such films deeply engrossing. They delve deep into the human psyche, and that's a place worth exploring.
Bill Gallagher's new version of 'The Prisoner' is an enthralling commentary on modern culture. It is witty, intelligent and disturbing. I am very excited to be involved.
When you're dealing with killing people and things that are upsetting, that can be a delicate place to occupy yourself for a day.
The films of Gregg Araki may not be classified as horror, but they have been known to horrify viewers.
I think my music's more disturbing than Tupac's - or at least I thought some of the themes of 'The Downward Spiral' were more disturbing on a deeper level - you know, issues about suicide and hating yourself and God and people and everything else.
Maybe by making people feel uncomfortable, I tap into that uncanny quality that is a part of the scariest, weirdest things that you remember happening to you when you were a kid.
Bret Easton Ellis is a social satirist; I consider myself aligned with how he does things. Bret doesn't write about that which he loves about the world, he writes about what disgusts him. You'd be a disturbed individual if you came out and said, 'I love these characters'.
The woman I'd want to meet the most is Nicole Holofcener. I've loved every single film she's done. I think her films are deeply comedic while being deeply disturbing and dark.
When I read the script sometimes, it's like 'Christ! Enough!' I can't sleep at night sometimes. There's the occasional script that just hammers you, that you can't shower off.
I've always been drawn to dark, disturbing characters.
When I go see an R-rated horror movie, I want lots of violence.
Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.
I don't love balls and sleeping beauties, that kind of thing. I think the great thing about 'Snow White' is those images have scarred me since I was a child with the Queen, the mirror, the taking of the heart, the huntsman and the enchanted forest.
I've had great experiences or joyful experiences making a movie that people found very disturbing.
You can watch 'Dawn of the Dead' and still sleep at night. Try that with 'The Day After'.
While I was writing 'The Big Girls,' I had to take a big breath each morning and calm myself sufficiently to once again enter that world. But friends tell me that it is the only thing that really interests me. They say that I like to be upset.
I do love 'The Turn of the Screw' - I just think that one's always so disturbing.
So much of contemporary crime fiction is painful to read and obsessed with violence, particularly against women, and I can't read that.
