I grew up in New Jersey and my father was a golf pro, so I was groomed for sports, but I wasn't very good, so my interests lay elsewhere.

Finding a writer who can write decent kids' dialog and finding kids that can act realistically and not 'cute' is an effort.

I'm always looking for films, but the horror scripts that I get tend to be very repetitive and often not that interesting.

What's the shelf life of a 1931 movie? If it still exists, there will always be film buffs and a niche audience who will want to see it. But in terms of people even understanding in common usage, some of the words we use to describe these movies, I don't know how long that's going to last.

One of the things I've always tried to do is to inject myself as much as possible into the movie, so I feel like it's mine.

The dynamic is extremely similar to Gremlins and the hero is very similar, plus the small town atmosphere. It really is in a way the third Gremlins movie.

I've made a lot of movies with kids in them. I don't know why that is, but it's something I've noticed.