I'm always involved with casting my movies. I have final word on it.

We all question our sanity. Everyone has had an experience of loss of control of something.

Horror is a reaction; it's not a genre. Somebody's life would have to be in danger for it [story] to be a horror story.

One of my heroes is a composer named James Bernard, and oh my God... I can still listen to his music today and be stirred and moved by it. But I think that you fall in love with... Well, again, when you're young, it really is more powerful. Much more terrifying.

Film buffs who don't live in Hollywood have a fantasy about what it's like to be a director. Movies and the people who make movies have such glamour associated with them. But the truth is, it's not like that. It's very different. It's hard work.

I just aim for basketball season to start. I don't really care about anything else in life.

Fears are all psychological. Being afraid of death, loss of a loved one and disfigurement are all powered by your mind, and that's very powerful stuff.