If you can be that link to other people that came before you and the ones that come after, then you have to honor that link. If you are doing what somebody else tells you to do and you have success, it's horrible. And if you are doing what other people tell you to do and you fail, it's equally horrible.

Frankfurt, discussing a stuntman: He missed being killed in that shot be literally half an inch.

There are two types of producing deals, and I've had both. I've produced over 20 movies now. You are either watching in horror, as the cars take the curve in the grand prix, or you're enjoying it.

With every movie I produce, I learn something. I watch the directors. It's like the relationship you have with your children. I'm there to learn from my daughters. They are the perfect spirits.

I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don't see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with cinema.

You can't explain success in retrospect. The moment you leap into the void, that moment is impossible to negate, after success.

Without context, things are not scary. Without context, like humor, horror doesn't work.