I had a reporter ask me what it was like to have my best years over so soon. It stayed with me.

I don't really approach stories to make them different from other stuff I've seen, I just try to get into the character, into his or her head. Try to make it as funny, as scary or as wild as I can so that I really like it.

I like a good mono track, it's right up front. I don't need all the surrounds telling me there are birds in the neighbourhood.

My father told me to dress to reflect the respect you have for the people around you. I've never forgotten that.

Every picture has been a learning opportunity for me.

I've always worked with a team of actors and filmmakers ever since I was a kid in Michigan making Super-8 movies.

Rob [Tapert], myself and Bruce Campbell sat in hundreds of drive-insnot hundreds, but tens of drive-ins, watching these movies and learning how they were made, and we started to make our own in Super 8. And that’s really how we got into horror films. After a while we learned to really like them, and the craft that went into them.