Being compared to 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' is a huge compliment. — Panos Cosmatos Being Copy Share Image
The idea of creating a quote-unquote 'retro' world isn't all that appealing to me by itself. — Panos Cosmatos Appealing Copy Share Image
Black Rainbow' is about control and your emotions being repressed and controlled, and 'Mandy's' about all a volcanic eruption! — Panos Cosmatos Being Copy Share Image
When I was a kid I wasn't allowed to watch horror movies at all. And actually, one of the genesis points for… — Panos Cosmatos Art Copy Share Image
I might actually be allergic to testosterone. Whenever I've felt a testosterone rush I get, like, sick afterwards, and I feel exhausted… — Panos Cosmatos Feel Copy Share Image
If I'm going to sell out, I'm going to sell out all the way, so a bid by the studio would be… — Panos Cosmatos Cinema Copy Share Image
When I was growing up in the eighties, there was a real nostalgic streak for the fifties. Look at 'Back to the… — Panos Cosmatos Eighties Copy Share Image
I realized the modern equivalent of a broadsword duel would be a chainsaw battle. — Panos Cosmatos Battle Copy Share Image
I just love sitting in a theater watching a film and the grain is like boiling and it feels completely alive like… — Panos Cosmatos Alive Copy Share Image
Me writing 'Black Rainbow' was me alone in a windowless room going insane. — Panos Cosmatos Alone Copy Share Image
The male ego is a terrifying, terrifying thing, you know? If it's shattered, it becomes even more dangerous. — Panos Cosmatos Becomes Copy Share Image
I don't know if I'm a sequels kind of person. I prefer each film to have its own unique identity. — Panos Cosmatos Cinema Copy Share Image
The last thing on earth I wanted to do was make a movie that plays directly to a sort-of frat boy audience,… — Panos Cosmatos Audience Copy Share Image
The way people express themselves online, that's also how they express themselves in the real world. — Panos Cosmatos How Copy Share Image
I feel happy working in the low-budget realm, doing stuff that is a little bit more esoteric, and personal. — Panos Cosmatos Feel Copy Share Image
Mythologies are violent things, and to be true to them, you have to go to primal territory. — Panos Cosmatos Be true Copy Share Image
When you're working with an actor who's prepared and brings it when you need it, it's just a very validating creative experience. — Panos Cosmatos Actor Copy Share Image
I love to choose the right actors. It's kind of a pleasure to work with them and watch them imbue your concepts… — Panos Cosmatos I love Copy Share Image
You write a character, but in essence, it's just a concept of what it could be, and then actors come in and… — Panos Cosmatos Alive Copy Share Image
I think making a film is as much knowing what you don't like as what you do like, and avoiding the things… — Panos Cosmatos Avoiding Copy Share Image
