You don't see a wonderful shot in a comedy. Why? Because they don't want to distract you from what matters, which is the joke. It has to be funny, so usually all the things in the background don't matter.

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.

Most filmmakers go out with the first feature and nobody cares.

I take things from everywhere, and I still haven't figured out where I took [some things] from.

I try not to be spectacular with the camera. I try to be a witness of what's going on.

I've seen a lot of movies that were great and scary, but not particularly fancy in their filmmaking or performance. And they're still scary, and I think a good horror movie should be scary above all things.

I really don't like to go for the stereotypes. I try to give you characters that you don't know until you get to know them, and [decide] how you should feel about them.