It's very flattering to feel like you actually helped create a sub-genre.

Even the European critics... They said Hostel is the smartest film they'd seen on capitalism and how it's gone too far.

Anytime you make a movie, the goal is a wide theatrical release, with the right distributor.

My phobias worsen as I get older. I'm scared of flying, driving. I'm terrified of sharks. I'm a germaphobe. But I try to face my fears; I do. Well, most of them.

I think in life we get very caught up in the minutia and, unfortunately, it generally takes some sort of tragedy in your life to put things in perspective.

I want it to be able to hold up in 30 years' time. So, I'm really thinking about everything.

When I go see an R-rated horror movie, I want lots of violence. I want nudity. I want sex and violence mixed together. What's wrong with that? Am I the only one? I don't think so.