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" Anytime you're the first to speak out against something, there's going to be a backlash. "

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" I look at careers like Ben Stiller and think that's a great career to have where you're doing movies that you write and direct, and also act in films, although he's primarily an actor. "

" When someone throws up while watching one of your movies, it's like a standing ovation. "

" Much of my youth was spent in the parking lot or inside a Dunkin' Donuts. "

" Life is a series of avoiding horrible situations until ultimately you're dead. That's how I feel about things. "

" I think that horror films have a very direct relationship to the time in which they're made. The films that really strike a film with the public are very often reflecting something that everyone, consciously or unconsciously feeling - atomic age, post 9-11, post Iraq war; it's hard to predict what people are going to be afraid of. "

" 'Beatrice Cenci' was an amazing film. If it were released today it'd win Best Picture. It's so well done, it's so contemporary, and the filmmaking is so smart. "

" The scariest people are usually the sweetest. "

" Once I got over the fear of writing female characters, it actually came quite easily and I was really happy with it. I just thought about girls I knew really, really well and I'd just have conversations with them and tried to relay how they talk about certain things. "

" A comedy can actually get funnier and funnier. Even though you know the joke, you enjoy it so much, it's the facial expression, you laugh. The laugh doesn't wear off. It could be with you for thirty years. "

" You know, the best thing you can say about a horror film is, 'Don't see it.' "

" Chile could work as a double for L.A.; it's very production-friendly and there's terrific talent down there. "

" I love movies. I mean, I really, really love movies. "

" I have control issues. For sure, no question. "

" When I go see an R-rated horror movie, I want lots of violence. "

" Horror movies are the best date movies. There's no wondering, 'When do I put my arm around her?' "

" As a kid, my idols were Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson, and I get into crazy races with myself. Raimi was 21 when he made movies, and when I didn't get 'Cabin Fever' made that fast I thought I'd failed. "

" Anytime you make a movie, the goal is a wide theatrical release, with the right distributor. "

" If someone gets up and walks out of the movie, it means it's really affected them. "

" What's important for me is staying healthy. "

" For a long time, I had a crazy girl dating habit. "

" It's just assumed that a horror sequel is going to be bad. It's never going to be as good as the first one. "

" I'm not interested in going after a part. I think if someone wants me for a part and approaches me then I'll take it on a case-by-case basis and see what that part is. "

" Believe it or not, but I was a camp councilor for three years. I love kids. "

" I've always dreamed of having a year-round haunted house. "

" I'd love to see us get to a point where you can make a movie and not worry about the limits of the violence. Then I think they'd get so violent that people would get bored of it. "

" I have the infinite galaxy from '2001' as my screensaver - so if I space out while I'm writing and it goes to screensaver, I can just stare off into the stars. "

" I get a little too obsessive with work. "

" Movie stars need to retain some of that mystique if you are a big movie star. "

" When people direct insults at me, I can take it. "