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" Everyone is so terrified of being labeled a racist. "

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" When you're making a television show, it's about the story and arc of the show rather than any particular episode or director. "

" 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. "

" What is important to me is that people know I respect the business of making movies. "

" I've realized that I can't multitask in the writing department; I can only kind of do one thing at a time. "

" I love movies that are just straight-up exploitation, but the ones that endure and the ones that last are the ones where the filmmakers put in that extra level of thought; after 25 years you put them on in front of an audience, and they'll respond to it and enjoy it. "

" Possession and exorcism is something that's in every religion and every culture. It's a real primal fear: Is the body a vessel for our spirits? What happens if something else takes over it? Where does the spirit go? "

" Lucio Fulci is such a massively underrated director. Everyone knows him as the Godfather of Gore. "

" 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. "

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

" Creative writing and shooting are muscles that atrophy. But when you work them, you become a self-generator who can branch out. "

" As a director, you have to know what actors are doing. You're the one telling them what to do. The actors' job is to come prepared to the set, but sometimes, if they're beginning actors or people who are non-actors, you have to teach them how to act. "

" Look at comic books. It used to be something that only geeks were into. And now it's everywhere. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" When I was 22, I had this horrible psoriasis outbreak. It was all over my legs, I couldn't walk because my legs were cracked and bleeding. Weird things like that can happen to your body. "

" Horror audiences don't need to see some TV actor they're familiar with. "

" Some disaster movies look like you're watching someone else play video games. They're fun but it's not real. "

" 'Troll 2' is one of the rare sequels where you don't have to waste time watching the first one, since the films have absolutely nothing to do with one another. "

" I can think of endless horrible things to do to people! "

" 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. "

" I think that many people are ashamed when they feel afraid. There's this thing in our society that you're not allowed to feel scared. You have to be a man and put on a brave face, but we all have fears. "

" I have a strong art-history background. "

" 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. "

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

" As a kid, I was the neighbourhood baby-sitter - very responsible, always in charge. "

" I like to take risks and do weird things and stuff that's not normal compared to other Hollywood movies. Not stuff that's totally avant garde and daring, but doing stuff that's in other languages and not using stars and using real people - things that they generally don't do in mainstream films. "

" You know, I'm from Boston, and in Boston, you are born with a baseball bat in your hand. "