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" In the 'Buffy' room, it was never about a plot twist, ever. It was always about, 'Tell the story, tell the characters, complicate their lives, make things get worse,' but we never worked backwards from the plot, and it was always a great lesson. "

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" I've been lucky between 'Buffy,' 'Angel,' 'Alias,' and then 'Lost.' The thing they all have in common is that they were all fearless. They were not afraid to be different and try something different. Even if you didn't know that it was going to work, just try to do something new and fresh. "

Drew Goddard

Angel

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Work

" I tend to fall more into the fun horror genre than the traumatic horror genre. I love the films where you're laughing as much as screaming, but that doesn't mean I don't like the other ones. "

" It was a lot of 'Dungeons and Dragons' all through my teens. "

" The greatest villain of all time is The Joker - he always has been, and I don't know anyone who's not going to have Heath Ledger's performance burnt into their brains for the rest of their lives. "

" When Steven Spielberg comes to you and says, 'Hey do you want to write a movie about robots?' You just say yes. "

" If you worry too much about anything, you end up making bad movies. "

" If I had to pick one scary movie, I'd go with John Carpenter's 'The Thing.' That's probably number one. "

Drew Goddard

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" One of the things that's been nice about my career is that I've been able to do so many different things, and variety keeps your creative soul fulfilled. I'm constantly looking to find new things to do. It's just project to project for me. You never know where the next thing's going to come from. "

" I had one of those families that let me watch things they should not have let me watch. When I was a kid, I remember I watched 'Alien' at, like, 6. It was traumatizing. "

Drew Goddard

Alien

" I think the thing I took most from game playing was just getting in the characters head. I took it really seriously. There's something about creating your character. "

" My favorite movies are the ones that are different the second time, or where you're constantly discovering new things. It's not just genre movies, either, and it's not just about twists. I saw 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' four times in the theater before I realized it's a love story. I love that. "

" Clearly, the works of John Carpenter and Sam Raimi are front and center here. Argento is definitely there. But even stuff like the 'Friday the 13th' movies had quite an influence on me growing up. "

Drew Goddard

Growing Up

" That's the fun part about being a director. You get to say, 'Oh, now that I'm in charge, I can try and cast whoever I want.' They can always say no, but that's okay. "

" Every project is different. Adapting 'Robopocalypse' would be totally different than adapting, say, 'Hunger Games.' Each project has its own life and its own identity. You get into trouble when you think there's one single way to approach everything. Each project, there's a different way to attack it. "

" When Carpenter was shooting 'Vampires' in New Mexico when I was living there, I desperately tried to get a job working on that film, and I couldn't. So my first job as a PA was on a CBS movie of the week that was shooting next door, and whenever I could, I would sneak over so I could watch. "

" I've found that if you just try to make the film you want, you'll find the right audience. If you try to please everyone, you're going to make really boring films. "

" Here's the thing about 'Cabin in the Woods.' I did virtually no research on this movie. "

" The movies I respond to are by guys like the Coen brothers and Edgar Wright, where it's hard to fit them into any one box. "

" Some of our best episodes of 'Buffy' were written over a weekend. You can really get in touch with your creative spirit when you're at your most desperate. "

" I can always tell when a filmmaker doesn't care about his or her characters; they just care about setting them up to kill them off. "

" Directing is a unique endeavor where you are in charge of so many people. As a writer, it is sort of the opposite. "

" As a viewer, I never want any movie ruined for me, no matter what the genre is. "

Drew Goddard

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Movie

" That's the thing about Lionsgate. They are fearless. No other studio would have made 'Hunger Games' the way they did. They're being fearless in the way they make decisions, and it's paying off for them. "

" I think 'The Thing' is so good because it's not just a scary movie. It's also social commentary, which works on multiple levels, which is something I really respond to. "

" When you are dealing with something that's crazy, you still want actors to play characters and find the reality of the situation, no matter how absurd the situation is. "

" A movie that's about other horror movies isn't interesting. A movie about who we are, is. "

" You start to fall in love with characters as you work with them, and anytime that you care about your characters and you realize that you're gonna have to kill them, that fear creeps in. It's sad. It's scary, and it's also sad. Because you like these people. "

" Truth is, I don't like movies that are only good once; I tend to dismiss them. I like movies that get better the more you watch them. "

" If I had all the filmmakers that traumatized me when I was a little kid in this room, all I would say is, 'Thank you,' because they've made me who I am. As much as I say 'trauma,' it all comes from a place of love. The fact that I am feeling emotions at all based on a work is a wonderful thing, so I'm happy to be a part of that discussion. "

" I love TV. I've been lucky that I get to do both, and both have things I love about them, features and TV. I hope I get to do both for the rest of my career. "