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

I try not to get too cute for cute's sake.

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.

I don't like nihilistic characters. As bad guys they're great, but as heroes they don't work.

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

With horror movies, a bigger budget is actually your enemy. You want to feel the rough edges, the handmade quality to good horror films. Its a genre that benefits from not having everything at your disposal.

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.