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" I think in life we get very caught up in the minutia and, unfortunately, it generally takes some sort of tragedy in your life to put things in perspective. "

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" I've always been fascinated by the idea that there's no such thing as evil; it's all in your point of view. To one group a suicide bomber is the antichrist and to one he's a hero. "

" It's just assumed that a horror sequel is going to be bad. It's never going to be as good as the first one. "

" Movie stars need to retain some of that mystique if you are a big movie star. "

" I generally follow my own compass and make films about what's scaring me. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I have a strong art-history background. "

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

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

" '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. "

" 'Beatrice Cenci' was an amazing film. If it were released today it'd win Best Picture. It's so well done, it's so contemporary, and the filmmaking is so smart. "

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

" When I go see an R-rated horror movie, I want lots of violence. "

" My phobias worsen as I get older. I'm scared of flying, driving. I'm terrified of sharks. I'm a germaphobe. But I try to face my fears; I do. Well, most of them. "

" You know, the best thing you can say about a horror film is, 'Don't see it.' "

" I have so many different projects, I hear voices in my head - the characters talking all at once - and I have to write to make them stop. "

" I need to eliminate 'like' from my vocabulary. I begin sentences with, 'That's seriously like... ' I hear myself talking in this Los Angeles high-school student kind of way, and I hate it. "

" 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. "

" I think you should make movies as long as the story dictates. "

" 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 love movies. I mean, I really, really love movies. "

" People want to be disturbed when they go see a horror movie. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If you are having fun on the set, you are not getting things done. "

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

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

" One of the great joys of life, now that you can afford a nice suit, is getting one for free. That's why I like to do press tours - I always say making movies is just an excuse to get free clothing. "