You have to trust your instincts and hope the fans like what you do, but you don't gut check with the fans. If we're going to make a series, people are going to have a lot of opinions and if there's one overwhelming majority or one thing you continuously hear repeated from the fans, you certainly take that into account going into next season.

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.

Well, anytime I make a movie, I like to load it up with more things than you could ever catch on the first viewing.

I generally follow my own compass and make films about what's scaring me.

All the copycat movies were always PG-13 and people said: "Nobody wants violence."

Shooting at Quentin Tarantino movie was like a masterclass in directing. Although I went back literally right into rehearsal, started shooting... while I was doing it I had to write my Grindhouse trailer and I added two days of shooting. My brother was producing Hostel and the Grindhouse trailer and I was like: "Gabe, just figure this out!"