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

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" Film will always be my main focus, but designing and publishing my own work is something I will also always do. "

" 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. "

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" I look for challenges. I really do. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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