I am a genre lover - everything from spaghetti western to samurai movie.

Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.

I surprised myself, that I was in the tissue of the character enough, that I could actually come up with something that I didn't actually feel or didn't believe.

Don't write what you think people want to read. Find your voice and write about what's in your heart.

I like my song-sequences in my movies, but one of the things I like about them, is I get in and I get out.

I loved the idea of the fact that the way, like I said, they colored outside of the lines. You know, there was rules that they didn't have to follow. And you got -you got - you could get more of a sensational thrill, all right, with some of these exploitation movies or art films, or you could get something you wouldn't see at the normal cineplex.

If you love cinema as much as I do, and not many people do, and if you are focused and actually have something to offer, you will get somewhere with it.