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.

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

Chile could work as a double for L.A.; it's very production-friendly and there's terrific talent down there.

We live in an age now where so many people watch movies based on what Netflix recommends. It learns your taste and they really understand viewer habits.

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

I need to eliminate 'like' from my vocabulary. I begin sentences with, 'That's seriously like ' I hear myself talking in this Los Angeles high-school student kind of way, and I hate it.

It's very flattering to feel like you actually helped create a sub-genre.