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.
Joe DanteIt's a lot of power to give the director to edit his own stuff. It's also a time thing: you don't want to have to wait for the guy to finish shooting before he starts editing.
Joe DanteRepetitiveness is one of the things that's most difficult to get away from in genre pictures, because people come specifically to see certain kinds of things but get disappointed if they're presented in the same way. So to try to find a new way to show old stuff is always the challenge.
Joe DanteFinding a writer who can write decent kids' dialog and finding kids that can act realistically and not 'cute' is an effort.
Joe Dante