If you are having fun on the set, you are not getting things done.

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

The world is changing. Social media is a way to sell movies and to build a fan base. The truth is that you have followers because they know you are into it and you're funny and you like it. I think it's great.

Much of my youth was spent in the parking lot or inside a Dunkin' Donuts.

One of the great joys of life, now that you can afford a nice suit, is getting one for free. That's why I like to do press tours - I always say making movies is just an excuse to get free clothing.

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.

The best movies now are called 'thrillers.' Because if you use the word 'horror,' people's associations are straight-to-video crap.