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

I believe that the physical effect, the physical set, whenever you can, is ten times better than the digital effect.

I started when I was eight, doing super 8 films

Ghosts are a metaphor that can be interpreted so many different ways. There's no ending to what you can do. You can make it a fun ghost story. You can make it a deeply disturbing, psychological ghost story.

When the monster has a dimension that allows you to humanize it, that's the route I usually want to go.

You’ll meet her. She’s very pretty, even though sometimes she’s sad for many days at a time. You’ll see, when she smiles, you’ll love her.

I try to find inspiration in books, paintings, illustrations and the one thing I try to avoid is just being inspired by other movies, because then you just are talking about movies in movies. I try to talk about movies that are culturally and spiritually a little more diverse.