Everybody has to know where they're coming from, what they're doing, why they're doing it, who they are. These are essentials.

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.

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.

It's just assumed that a horror sequel is going to be bad. It's never going to be as good as the first one.

I have a strong art-history background.

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

The best movies now are called 'thrillers.' Because if you use the word 'horror,' people's associations are straight-to-video crap.