I think in life we get very caught up in the minutia and, unfortunately, it generally takes some sort of tragedy in your life to put things in perspective.

When I was filming the death scene [in Inglourious Basterds], and I'm killing somebody, I had to work myself up.

The one negative to horror is that it's always law of diminishing returns. When you go in the funhouse, the ride is never scary the second time. You will never have that pure experience as when you first watch it.

When you're making a television show, it's about the story and arc of the show rather than any particular episode or director.

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

The point of the first one was that it was about guys being lured by sex and the stereotypes... I always say it's like a horror version of Borat. Borat's not an accurate depiction of Khazakstan, it's an accurate depiction of America. That's what Hostel is.