I like movies that work on two levels - like The Simpsons, kids can watch it and adults can watch it. Teenagers can watch Hostel and if they want to see a blood and guts violent movie they're going to have a great time. They're going to scream and yell, it's a great date movie because they're going to squeeze their date and their date is probably going to be too scared to go home... so you take them home and put on Dirty Dancing and everybody wins.

What's important for me is staying healthy.

People want to be disturbed when they go see a horror movie.

When I'm filming a kill scene [as a director], I just get happier and happier as we chop up body parts.

You know, I'm from Boston, and in Boston, you are born with a baseball bat in your hand.

Quentin Tarantino faced the same backlash when his films came out until eventually people felt they were actually much smarter.

As a kid, I was the neighbourhood baby-sitter - very responsible, always in charge.