It's one of those things, when you look back on it, you'd go, "Oh, I could've done without that. If I could go back in time, I would do it different." That's the thing with violence in general.

It definitely could have been a horror story [Valley of Violence], oh my God, if the dog was impossible. So could the horses.

[Valley of Violence] was written for James Ransone. PJ's a friend of mine, I've known him for a long time, he's always like, "Dude, when are we going to make a movie together?" I finally called him.

As filmmakers, the Western is a historic, cool thing to be a part of once in your life.

It's a combination of yes - making a movie about the characters - and then, also, budget.

I just really like seeing mundane stuff in movies. It's realistic.

It's very important to me to find ways to relate the audience to the characters. This is the first thing to go in most mainstream horror films.