One thing I am very strict about is that I don't like spending a lot of money on movies because the more money you spend I think the worse that they get.

For some reason, people value being scared less than they value laughing.

I really like to work with theater actors. Theater actors tend to do lots of independent movies, and those are the actors that I like.

There are a lot of parallels between doing a sequel and doing low budget movies, which is they give creative parameters. As a creative person myself, I work better with parameters as opposed to anything goes.

Currently there's no other way to get a movie into 3,000 theaters except with a studio. We have a first-look deal with Universal, and it's been fun to work with them. But studios are a part of our life. I think they'll always be, but they'll play a different role. The consumer and the creator are getting closer together.

For me it's much more like a little kid rebelling. The minute I was told what to do at any age, I did the opposite. Hopefully I'll do that for the rest of my life. I come from the business side and Mark comes from the creative side, but every time a decision came up about Creep it was two emails, and we agreed. I've not had that ever with someone on the creative or the business side.

My easiest judgment for a script is 'do I want to keep reading it?'