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

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" 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. "

" I would love to do a musical! "

" '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. "

" 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. "

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

" There's something very scary about exposing yourself on camera, knowing that you're going to be put on thousands of screens around the world for everyone to judge, but there's also something very thrilling and exciting about it. "

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

" I have a strong art-history background. "

" Look at comic books. It used to be something that only geeks were into. And now it's everywhere. "

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

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

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

" I've always dreamed of having a year-round haunted house. "

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

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

" Everyone is so terrified of being labeled a racist. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I want people to see my name on a movie, pay money and know they're going to be entertained for 90 minutes. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" '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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "