The difference is in Hostel it's in the theatre - it's in public but it's in a private place. You have to actively make a choice to want to go see it. It's not being forced on anyone. Whereas 24 you can be flipping channels and it's right there in your living room. Anyone has access to that. But that just shows how mainstream it is and how people are seeing this stuff on YouTube. People are scared of it. This is a subject matter that everyone's talking about and everyone's thinking about, particularly in American culture.

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

I felt people responded to two things. One, obviously, is the gore and the scenes like the eye gauging.

I get a little too obsessive with work.

Believe it or not, but I was a camp councilor for three years. I love kids.

Twitter is wonderful. You can kill rumours instantly.

I love historical movies. I want to make a violent medieval epic.