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

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" I'd love to see us get to a point where you can make a movie and not worry about the limits of the violence. Then I think they'd get so violent that people would get bored of it. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I get a little too obsessive with work. "

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

" I have no tattoos. There's nothing I've even been that into to get a tattoo of it. "

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

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

" If someone gets up and walks out of the movie, it means it's really affected them. "

" 'Cabin Fever' was very much inspired by 'The Thing.' It's really a perfect guy's horror movie: There's no love story, it's just straight-up horror. And it's so well-done. It moves at a slow pace, but it's really terrific. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I love movies that are just straight-up exploitation, but the ones that endure and the ones that last are the ones where the filmmakers put in that extra level of thought; after 25 years you put them on in front of an audience, and they'll respond to it and enjoy 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. "

" Much of my youth was spent in the parking lot or inside a Dunkin' Donuts. "

" Well, anytime I make a movie, I like to load it up with more things than you could ever catch on the first viewing. "

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

" 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. "

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

" There's a crazy, false notion that audiences are not patient or will not watch a story, that you have to put in a scare every ten minutes. But I always thought that was insane. "

" '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. "

" Horror is like comedy. Woody Allen's comedy is going to be very different from Ben Stiller's comedy which is going to be different from Adam Sandler's comedy which is going to be different from Judd Apatow's comedy. They're all comedy, but they're all very different types and you can enjoy all of them. Horror is the same way. "

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