I'm not interested in making a $60-million studio film with a bunch of 24-year-olds telling me what to do.

I'm sick of over-trained heroes. I'm really bored with that. Guys that are just ripped to shreds and full of skills. That's boring me. Give me the mechanic that picks up a weapon. Now I'm interested. That's my hero.

I prefer a much looser style. Any time a writer thinks he has all the answers to how someone should talk or react or end a scene, it's a spontaneity - killer. I don't get making sure you get every word right in some stupid speech just because a writer sat there and did it.

Actors who say they can dive inside a character are either schizophrenic or lying.

Any time a writer thinks he has all the answers to how someone should talk or react or end a scene, it's a spontaneity-killer.

You have to take the horror seriously but there's gags aplenty. Most people, when they do horror it's just grim.

You can't get a movie made without a script; it's the blueprint to your building.