It's the difference between hunting a lion and hunting a deer. If someone hunts a lion, it's like: "Wow, they're brave!" But if they're hunting a deer it's like: "That poor deer!" I know that. I know that guys getting killed is horrible but people have seen it before. You've seen The Evil Dead. With girls, it's like: "I don't want to see that happening..." I know that.

I have so many different projects, I hear voices in my head - the characters talking all at once - and I have to write to make them stop.

'Eraserhead' is a weird, horrible nightmare, and it doesn't narratively make sense. Stuff's happening, but you honestly feel like you're in a nightmare, and it has such disturbing imagery that it stays with you forever once you've seen it.

We live in an age now where so many people watch movies based on what Netflix recommends. It learns your taste and they really understand viewer habits.

When people direct insults at me, I can take it.

Life is a series of avoiding horrible situations until ultimately you're dead. That's how I feel about things.

If you don’t want to be scared in a horror film, don’t close your eyes. Close your ears.