It's just assumed that a horror sequel is going to be bad. It's never going to be as good as the first one.

I've always dreamed of having a year-round haunted house.

The scariest people are usually the sweetest.

I think in a post-9/11 world, with the images coming back from Iraq, everybody knows more and more people who are going over there... the images on the YouTube phenomenon where the violence is so immediate. Direct people need something stronger to respond to. I think that there's definitely a wave of directors - who are labelled the splat pack - who really, really care about making great scary movies.

I love historical movies. I want to make a violent medieval epic.

I want people to see my name on a movie, pay money and know they're going to be entertained for 90 minutes.

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