I thought, "If I can make you feel what it's like for that first super-passionate love, other people might like that too," and, of course, they did.
Catherine HardwickeI thought it would be quite a challenge to direct a mystery thriller. I hadn't really done something like that.
Catherine HardwickeSometimes, a scene goes on too long and, with this being a suspense story and murder mystery that you're trying to discover through her heightened paranoia, you don't want scenes that take you on a tangent. Sometimes, you love those scenes, but you know that it's better not to be in the overall film. So, I'm not sad that they're not in the main movie, but I do think it's fun for people to get to watch them, if they want to.
Catherine Hardwicke