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 have a strong art-history background.

If you don’t want to be scared in a horror film, don’t close your eyes. Close your ears.

Creative writing and shooting are muscles that atrophy. But when you work them, you become a self-generator who can branch out.

I always say that no matter what the torture is, or the tool is, first of all it's nothing worse than what's been done already and that wasn't done by the church and the state for over a period of 250 years during the European witch trials.

Anytime you make a movie, the goal is a wide theatrical release, with the right distributor.

'Cabin Fever' was very much inspired by 'The Thing.' It's really a perfect guy's horror movie: There's no love story, it's just straight-up horror. And it's so well-done. It moves at a slow pace, but it's really terrific.