All movies are alchemy and time is one of the ingredients that goes into the alchemy. You want the time to be right; you don't want to rush it. You need the right script, the right cast and the right feeling in the culture.

Theres just something wonderful about getting a small group of people together in an isolated location, and theres something about cabins themselves that imply both horror and fun. When you go to a cabin, youre usually going to have a good time.

The most fun characters to work with are characters that are complicated.

The more work you put in on your outline and getting the skeleton of your story right, the easier the process is later.

Everything I've ever worked on has been hard to classify.

I love superheroes and I love weird horror films... I could definitely feel that there was a lack of movies like The Martian being made: smart genre movies that can appeal to adults.

Filmmaking is incredible introspective. It forces you to sort of examine yourself in new ways.