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

You don't have your film finished when you have your director's cut finished. It's just a bunch of green screen.

Basically, when I'm writing something, I think about what is the subject of the piece. The subject of the piece is our fear of getting old, which is a variation on our fear of dying.

My biggest fear in life is to be average.

I consider myself an independent filmmaker.

I love stage actors. The pool of world class actors that have done theater [is big], there's a higher opportunity of grabbing somebody from that pool.

I storyboard every shot of my thrillers in general. I draw them out and do them.