And you know, when you take on something like this, you read a book like this, you know that it's going to be an adventure. That's part of what draws you to it.

It's hard enough to get any movie made, and when you take on these tough genres - and I've done it a couple times - it just makes the whole struggle more.

I really liked Carrie a lot. That was one of Brian De Palma's best movies.

I loved Alien, and I loved Carrie, and I loved The Exorcist - those were big movies for me. They were just brilliantly done, and unusual, and they all took horror to some new place.

If your work is going to draw from life, you'd better work very hard to keep up with reality.

And you know, when you take on something like this, you read a book like this, you know that it's going to be an adventure. That's part of what draws you to it.

I mean, the trouble with some of the kind of relationship movies I've done, is there's only so many ways you can shoot a conversation. I was really tired of talking heads.