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

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" 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. "

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

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

" What attracted me to 'Eclipse' was that it is a great story and a tremendous challenge for me as a filmmaker. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

" 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! "

" 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 look for challenges. I really do. "

" I think filmmaking is largely about preparation and taste and luck. If you have all of those three things, I think you will find you can work somehow. "

" Married life suits me. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I really appreciate gory movies. "