I do like strong women in my movies. I have five sisters, so I've just grown up with that model.

There are real issues going on in just about any movie that's got fun elements to it.

I collect a lot of art.

If you create a good story that has a lot of story value I think audiences like that. It's why they stick with the same TV show over and over.

Any time you do action and horror, you've always got to try to find a way to make it fresh for the audience, but also for yourself, and there are so many different ways to freak people out and create tension.

What I love about new technology is that it really pushes the art. It really pushes it in a way that you can't imagine until you come up with the idea. It's idea-based. You can do anything.

All those years I had been making movies because I loved movies, and that's what made all the difference. If you're doing it because you love it you can succeed because you'll work harder than anyone else around you, take on challenges no one else would dare take, and come up with methods no one else would discover, especially when their prime drive is fame and fortune. All that will follow later if you really love what you do. Because your work will speak itself.