I think making small movies reminds you of the effort. When you make big movies, the effort is to fight for freedom. When you make small movies, the effort is making the day, making the budget, and it's great, too.

If film making is magic, there's a difference between close up magic and David Copperfield. If you're doing close up magic, which independent filmmakers do, it is a very delicate craft, interpersonal relationship, and being able to enrapture a very small audience.

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

When you work with a great director, you can have a great partnership.

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

I think video games are going to completely take over storytelling in our society. Video games are not a fad.

People tend to think that big things only happen to big people ... I think that is not true. The small decisions we make every day define who we are and define the world around us. ... But I bet to you there is a decision every day in your life where you affect somebody else.