I'm always on the side of the characters, rather than the side of the people attacking them. I get realistic. It's not gratuitous.

Casting is so important in horror. It's so important to have strong actors to tell a story because, if you don't believe in the character, how can you be scared for them?

When I approach a story or movie, the story is the most important thing.

Hollywood changed to become a more marketing-driven Hollywood, where people who are running the studios are more like marketing people, and they need titles.

I'm always on the side of the characters, rather than the side of the people attacking them. I get realistic. It's not gratuitous.

I try to think about me, as an audience member, and it [inspiration for movies] comes from there.

It's always very interesting to bet who's going to go first and who is going to have the most unbelievable death. It's always fun to play with that and create more expectation. It's an interesting part of horror movie.