As a fine artist I was drawn to composition and technique. I would count the cuts.

As a director who loves the camera you learn a lot.

Horror allowed me to quickly switch gears.

If you can make the day, you can do whatever you want.

The fun of directing for me, other than working with the actors, is trying to extract those ideas that you have in your head and make them real.

I love visual stylists like Bob Fosse and Vincente Minnelli and Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger with The Red Shoes and The Tales of Hoffman.

It's a great asset to you, on your first film, to bring some people with you from the television world because they understand the speed that you have to work with to get your grand ideas down.