As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.

In another life, I would love to be the art guy - a production designer or a maybe even a composer.

I like to get the audiences cozy in their seats, feeling safe, and suddenly they'll be shocked out of their minds.

A good horror movie - it doesn't matter how many comedy horror films there have been before. Doesn't matter how much you think it's going to be funny. A good horror movie will scare the hell out of you... the moment you sit down and you start being exposed to that story, it's going to freeze your blood.

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.

When you're a director you always feel weird with another director watching over your shoulder.

I think violence in movies, for it to work, you have to use it smartly. People get numb very fast. If you have too much violence in the beginning, it gets to a point where you don't feel it.