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

Sometimes people can write really great scenes and even a great episode, but they can't see the bigger picture.

I try to take B genre movies and treat them as if they're A dramas. Get the cinematographers, get the actors to do an A drama, but it just happens to be about aliens or ghosts or crazy people, or killers, or whatever it is.

See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky?

My biggest fear in life is to be average.

You're never the same. You're degrading, or you're getting better. You don't stay the same.

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