I've always wanted to be involved in an exorcism movie. But I thought, "How do you make something scarier than The Exorcist?" The answer is you don't. But that doesn't mean you can't make something that is original and interesting.

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

I'll direct any movie starring a monkey or the Olsen Twins. Preferably both.

I want to have an ending where people say: "That's the most shocking ending I've ever seen in a mainstream horror film."

Horror is like comedy. Woody Allen's comedy is going to be very different from Ben Stiller's comedy which is going to be different from Adam Sandler's comedy which is going to be different from Judd Apatow's comedy. They're all comedy, but they're all very different types and you can enjoy all of them. Horror is the same way.

Las Vegas is a 24-hour city. It never stops.

Borat shows American stereotypes of Eastern Europe but it's an accurate depiction of what a certain type of American is. They think they can buy and sell these girls and then they get bought and sold.