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" Computer-generated monsters - people shoot them all day with videogames, you know, so kids aren't going to be afraid of that. People are getting immune to scares. "

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" To get the film in your head on the screen, first you have to take it out of your head and explain it to everyone who is working with you. This will take work and planning. "

David Slade

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" I think it's really difficult to justify converting a film that wasn't shot in 3-D into 3-D. I really do believe, as does James Cameron and all the people who are actually pro-3-D, that you have to go out and shoot it that way. You have nothing but compromise if you don't. "

" Film will always be my main focus, but designing and publishing my own work is something I will also always do. "

" I'm a big fan of horror movies. But I prefer visceral to viscous, let's just say that. "

" I believe that filmmaking is a brilliant thing to do - be doing - for a living. "

" As a director, it just makes my life fantastic to work with people like Elizabeth Hawthorne. "

" Personally, I have nightmares about the unstoppable monster. "

" With 'Cold Skin,' I believe we can create a lasting psycho-physiological horror film. It is one of the most atmospheric, terrifying, cinematic, and original stories of the human spirit. "

" Married life suits me. "

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" I feel like I'm in a weird state, and I wake up in Hollywood, and I've got a couple of studio movies underneath my belt, and I take these meetings with people. Sometimes it's this great, weird sense of oddness that comes at you, because I've never really stopped thinking the way that I started thinking. "

" When I was doing music videos, everybody was very snobbish about music video directors doing commercials. It was all guys from ad agencies. "

" Make the film that you love. When you find a film that you love, every molecule of your being will be moving in the direction of making the best film you can possibly make. This should be your default mode of operation. "

" I really appreciate gory movies. "

" I don't do commentaries; I can't listen to them, either. "

" I think that the most important thing we have is our ability communicate and love other humans. "

" It's good to know where you've come from. "

" Film becomes a living organism. After awhile, it begins to tell you what it needs, and you're usually best listening. "

" I look for challenges. I really do. "

" 'Twilight' was a cult film, and the books were huge, but after 'New Moon,' it really blew up. "

" Suspense is a real tough beast in terms of the filmmaking. "

" Film is always a fight because you're the person, as the director, with a clear picture in your head of what you think is really exciting, and you're just trying to convince a bunch of other people to buy into that. "

" I don't like doing the same thing over and over again, because I learn from being challenged. "

" Being able to communicate what your vision is clearly and with specificity is the most important thing a director can do. "

" When you are doing music videos through the '90s, which I did, and the 2000s, you were put in the position, really, as an independent filmmaker. You were being financed by a major record company or a minor record company or whatever. "

" I think if you have too much fear, you're never going to break ground or develop. "

" There's so much burying of heads in sand going on in the U.S., people are finally beginning to recognize that the environment is dying, but it's far too late, and I am conflicted. "

" I'd love to make films in England, and I tried to. I think there's a wealth of amazing talent and astonishing writing over here; there just seems to be more of a culture of developing films than actually making them. "

" When I got the script for 'Eclipse,' I thought it was a damn good story. "

" Certainly there is a lot of collaboration, but there is also a lot of clarity that has to be had in the vision that you have for the film when you come in as the director. Without that, there's no bullseye to be aiming for. "

" I don't see myself as particularly highbrow. I am much more populist. "

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