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

I have the infinite galaxy from '2001 as my screensaver - so if I space out while I'm writing and it goes to screensaver, I can just stare off into the stars.

I want it to be able to hold up in 30 years' time. So, I'm really thinking about everything.

Pulp Fiction won the Palme d'Or and people said: "Wait a minute, he's actually smart and he knows what he's doing!" I feel that with Hostel, any time you make a film like that it's going to illicit a strong reaction and you can't worry about that.

Horror audiences don't need to see some TV actor they're familiar with.

It's very flattering to feel like you actually helped create a sub-genre.

I started the film [Hostel Part II]with the girls in an art class and there's a nude male model. People think that women are objectified, well here you go! Here's a man being objectivized but now it's under the guise of art.