As a filmmaker, I love the medium. I have a great affection for it and I've been lucky enough to do all different kinds of films. The greatest part of the success I've had comes from horror. I love the idea of mixing humor and horror and to me, it's all a giggle.

If one horror film hits, everyone says, 'Let's go make a horror film.' It's the genre that never dies.

For a Catholic kid in parochial school, the only way to survive the beatings - by classmates, not the nuns - was to be the funny guy.

Collaborate, don't dictate.

I've always felt that the real horror is next door to us, that the scariest monsters are our neighbors.

Hollywood doesn't trust me, and we don't really mix. When a movie has stars, everything in the budget goes up, even the catering costs. I just don't like the process of having Suits all around, so I prefer casting unknowns. It adds another level of tension - you don't quite know what to expect from them. My movies don't even need that much money.

My stuff is my stuff. Sometimes it's not as successful as some of the other stuff. But it's my stuff.