If you think about it, a lot of great horror films have bad sequels just because the market demands you to make the other one right away.

Only really good comedies and really good horror movies get a verbal response out of the audience. People will scream. People will laugh.

Every day I spend in Hollywood I start to realize how many films are made with no heart and no love. They just do it for the paycheck and I cannot imagine making a film that way.

I think a good actor will always know the character better than anybody.

As a director, there is nothing more fun than seeing an audience screaming and jumping. You are the ultimate puppet master, controlling the emotions of the audience.

In my everyday life, I can be as square as I want. But when it comes to movies and telling stories, I can't. I've got to be radical, and on some level, that's what I like to do.

What some of the early horror genre masters knew, and what I know, is that the audience are perverts, but in the best possible way.