Everyone is so terrified of being labeled a racist.

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

Horror is like comedy. Woody Allen's comedy is going to be very different from Ben Stiller's comedy which is going to be different from Adam Sandler's comedy which is going to be different from Judd Apatow's comedy. They're all comedy, but they're all very different types and you can enjoy all of them. Horror is the same way.

I'll direct any movie starring a monkey or the Olsen Twins. Preferably both.

Anytime you're the first to speak out against something, there's going to be a backlash.

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 always wanted to be involved in an exorcism movie. But I thought, "How do you make something scarier than The Exorcist?" The answer is you don't. But that doesn't mean you can't make something that is original and interesting.