Movies aren't finished, they're abandoned. And you have to make your peace with that.

You have a responsibility for the way you make the audience feel, and I want them to feel uncomfortable.

For me, the scariest thing about a serial killer is that there's somebody who lives next door to you, running power tools late into the night, and you don't know he has a refrigerator full of penises.

The thing is, that great actors are everywhere. They're everywhere. They're doing good parts on television. They're doing television commercials. They're doing local theater. There are so few opportunities.

I don't have the Tom Hanks fans. When you make the kind of movies I make, you get weird letters from people.

I don't know how much movies should entertain. To me I'm always interested in movies that scar. The thing I love about JAWS is that I've never gone swimming in the ocean again.

Take ownership of every decision you make because you will be hold responsible for the film, whether good or bad.