I like to write in a shroud of secrecy because I have to keep finding ways to scare myself.

If I'm hesitant at all about an idea, then that's not the right idea.

The beauty of the world of Unbreakable is that you're playing it for reality. It should never feel like a comic book movie. It feels like a straight-up drama. It's real. You're confronting the possibility that comic book characters were based on people that were real.

My directing style is long takes. The longer take I can do, the more I can think of not doing it in cuts, the better.

You don't get to celebrate yourself unless you risk being mocked or rejected. As an artist, you cannot play it safe. You just can't.

I wouldn't describe myself as a do-gooder. That's really more my wife. I'm kind of just the obsessed guy who's been writing and making movies since I was a little kid, just in a room and make it.

My philosophy is to make movies with the biggest possible budget that will allow it to be made in an independent fashion.