I really believe that in the larger sense, not only today but at all times, you only find yourself when you disobey. Disobedience is the beginning of responsibility, I think.

I think that The Eye is a particularly Americanized take on horror

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

Films are fantastic - they are one of the peaks of human narrative. But I'm sorry to break the news to the movie industry: So is a video game.

The underground of the city is like what's underground in people. Beneath the surface, it's boiling with monsters.

In a world where we are so pragmatic and materialistic, fear is the only emotion that allows even a sophisticated person to believe in something beyond.

I don't want to move over to Beverly Hills. My goal is to make the movies I want to make and support the people I want to support. That's it.