Sometimes a movie series that becomes popular can be a blessing and curse because you get known for that. People don't give you a chance, after that... I'm a big proponent of getting somebody that you always admire and giving them a chance to do something else because they can redefine themselves.

The studios don't finance anymore, they get outside funds.

People don't live in Austin to work, they work to live there.

For me, Mexploitation seemed like something that should have existed, but didn't.

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.

Creative people are notoriously the slowest to adopt new technology.

Creativity, not money, is used to solve problems.