A TV show where all of the characters are trying to figure out what's going on, and the suspense of that, fits my [voice] really well. You feel their frustration, anger and fear, and then, when the reveal happens, their sense of dread or horror, or whatever it is, and I like to paint with those colors.

When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.

For instance, The Sixth Sense had mediocre to bad reviews. Slowly, the audience pushed it and it received critical attention.

I consider myself an independent filmmaker.

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.

I'm so consistent that my director's cuts are usually 20-25 minutes longer than the released version of the movies.

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