If someone gets up and walks out of the movie, it means it's really affected them.

I think characters are most terrifying when they're relatable. It's best when your most horrible characters make sense, and are believable. That's when a movie is most terrifying.

Even post-WWII, nobody talked about the Holocaust. It wasn't until the '50s that people started talking about it.

I'm not interested in going after a part. I think if someone wants me for a part and approaches me then I'll take it on a case-by-case basis and see what that part is.

I've realized that I can't multitask in the writing department; I can only kind of do one thing at a time.

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.

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