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.

Usually you always see first cut is an extended version, because it's basically everything you shot, and you have that version and then you start cutting stuff out.

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

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.

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.

Comedy is all about the joke. Comedies usually don't do anything fancy with the camera [or] the lighting. It doesn't matter. It should never be fancy.

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