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.

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

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

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

It's a convention, but in horror movies the female characters usually tend to believe easier in a supernatural event.

I need to create a whole cinematic experience. I think that's what it takes to get the audience to the theater and justify seeing [a movie] on a big screen. You have to give them a cinematic experience.

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.