Every picture has been a learning opportunity for me.

I like something where I can really use my imagination and be an active participant in the construction of the monster and usually that's in the world of the supernatural or the world of the fantastic, so that's why those kinds of stories about demons and the supernatural appeal to me or maybe I'm really interested in that subject.

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

That's what heroic stories do for us. They show us the way. They remind us of the good we are capable of.

I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it.

As I began making my feature films, it was a great adventure. It was about constructing something I saw in my head or I had designed on storyboards and capturing that on film.

Well it's always been an element of the horror film to show us the gross out. I mean that's one option for all filmmakers making a horror film and it's not something I've found myself above either.