My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.

I always thought it was a B.S. thing that they didn't show it [scalping] in other Westerns, but especially if you're going to really go with the idea that we're desecrating the bodies, and the idea is to strike fear in the hearts of other German soldiers, then we had to see what they're talking about.

I'm very much a man of the moment. I can think about an idea for a year, two years, even four years all right, but what ever is going on with me the moment I write is gonna work it's way into the piece.

I wasn't a predator. I didn't pick on other people all right, but people didn't beat me up.

Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing.

I've always seen in Westerns it described or it's shown very vaguely, but I wanted this - I want us to show what they're doing to them, so you can actually see it. And if you notice in the movie, you know, it goes even beyond just scalping and stuff.

I always do an all-night horror marathon on Saturdays where we start at seven and go until five in the morning.