I don't see scary films. I certainly wouldn't go see my films.

do i have political views? you bet! i think the best way to express them is in your work, and then get the hell off the stage

The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with friends and people the directors know. Actually you can cover a lot of bad direction with good acting

And we've become very doubtful of our information sources, because they're all controlled by these huge multilateral corporations

So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to me, it's one of the most exciting aspects of making movies and almost a lost art at this point

The real trouble with film school is that the people teaching are so far out of the industry that they don't give the students an idea of what's happening.

When you make a movie outside the system and it's successful critically or a moderate financial success, you usually have to go back into the system and make a big hit