You must understand that violence in a movie is only a tool. If it's used badly, it will be horrible. If it's used correctly, it can be very interesting. But, essentially, it's just a tool.

I can do my part of the storytelling. I can carry it. I can paint it. I can maneuver it. I can massage it. But if I don't have anything to work with, then there's nothing.

I've never really been on a date, because I've been with the same girl since my early twenties, but on our first date, I showed her The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. I was like, "Hey, you've got to see this!" And we've been together ever since.

I can't make a film that I don't feel comfortable with.

Good and bad, what's good and bad? I don't know.

But once you get down to reality, there's no one to play her and there's no movie. It would be ridiculous.

The world needs change, change needs an activity. It has to be planted by a thought.