To me, the art of cinema is the same as the art of painting. The artist takes a 2D medium and gives you the illusion of depth. If you look at any of the great paintings, you have the illusion of depth. Which is part of the art. The same with the great movies.

All of the films I have made, that I have chosen to make, are all about the thin line between good and evil. And also the thin line that exists in each and every one of us. That's what my films are about.

Edgar Allan Poe is considered the great writer of horror stories, perhaps the greatest - I will say the greatest

All the great countries are at odds with one another over something, and yet if they don't cooperate they're going to blow up.

I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that's, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior.

I don't look back or analyze my films. I just make them. It's for someone else to look at.

There are films that I've made that I like a little bit more than the others. But the films that I mostly watch, and see over and over again, are not my own.