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.

For a long time, I had a crazy girl dating habit.

I think you should make movies as long as the story dictates.

Everybody has to know where they're coming from, what they're doing, why they're doing it, who they are. These are essentials.

Quentin Tarantino faced the same backlash when his films came out until eventually people felt they were actually much smarter.

I'm from Boston, and in Boston, you are born with a baseball bat in your hand. And actually, most of the bats in Massachusetts are used off the field instead of on the field, and we all had baseball bats in our cars in high school.

I don't want people to feel: "Why am I watching this? It's sick and sadistic." I want people to watch and think it's scary but they can't wait to see what happens next. I also wanted to make a movie that was watchable.