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" I saw 'Alien' when I was 8 years old. To me, it was like a combination of Jaws and Star Wars, and that's the movie that made me want to be a director. "

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" The film, 'Aftershock,' for me is really about how the minor problems in life that we think are so major ultimately mean nothing when a tragedy happens, when a real problem happens. "

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

" The best movies now are called 'thrillers.' Because if you use the word 'horror,' people's associations are straight-to-video crap. "

" What I've always thought I would do is make a bunch of movies and then stop to teach for awhile. And then just teach at film schools - you know, teach children. "

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

" Even post-WWII, nobody talked about the Holocaust. It wasn't until the '50s that people started talking about 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I think characters are most terrifying when they're relatable. It's best when your most horrible characters make sense, and are believable. That's when a movie is most terrifying. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I would love to do a musical! "

" I never put out a vanilla edition of a DVD. "

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

" I get a little too obsessive with work. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I love historical movies. I want to make a violent medieval epic. "

" 'Eraserhead' is a weird, horrible nightmare, and it doesn't narratively make sense. Stuff's happening, but you honestly feel like you're in a nightmare, and it has such disturbing imagery that it stays with you forever once you've seen it. "