My parents love it! They're on set. They make cameos in the movie. My father is a psycho-analyst and a professor at Harvard and he told me how many of the other professors at Harvard have gone and seen it. They love 'Hostel' and they love the thought behind it.

Twitter is wonderful. You can kill rumours instantly.

Well, anytime I make a movie, I like to load it up with more things than you could ever catch on the first viewing.

The scariest people are usually the sweetest.

Quentin Tarantino assistant called me and said: "I have good news and bad news. The good news is you got the part, the bad news is you have to do it." I was like: "Oh Jesus, when am I supposed to do this?" I was prepping Hostel.

Sometimes you have this tragedy which turns into an incredible opportunity.

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