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" Here I was, having done a thriller and a horror movie - why did I have the audacity to make a romantic fantasy? How can I continue to make genre films? Well, maybe I don't want to continue to make genre films. "

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" Films are pushing envelopes in terms of what is horrific, but also on other areas: in video games, in comic books and outside life. "

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" As a director, you have to go in with a really, really, really clear picture of what you want. "

" The vampires of '30 Days of Night' never really came into discussions early on. They did later when we were trying to figure out the pathology of the 'Twilight' vampires. '30 Days' is a completely different film. If you are a kid, please ask mum and dad before you watch that one! "

" Francis Lawrence is an astonishing filmmaker, an incredibly gifted visual filmmaker. I have great respect for his work. "

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

" 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. "

" It's funny: I rarely reference anything, and I'm one of those people that doesn't really spend much time in other people's worlds. I just try and create my own and make it as distinctive as I can. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" I thought, 'Who is the first vampire ever? It's Peter Murphy!' "

" 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. "

" 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'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. "

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

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

" I think it's a mistake to try and overthink how you are going to be received, because that assumes that you are going to be received in the first place. "

" Appreciate good coffee when it's available, but drink whatever they have on set and always say thank you for it. "

" 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 look for challenges. I really do. "

" 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. "

" On one level, this was the biggest challenge out there - to make a film of this scope, in this amount of time, and to go into a different genre, essentially. Yes, I've done a vampire film, but 'Eclipse' is a very different kind of thing. This is a romantic story, which swings from a darker, more abject feeling to very pure romantic scenes. "

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

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

" I think, as a filmmaker, you're always responsible for your film. "

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

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