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" There's so much burying of heads in sand going on in the U.S., people are finally beginning to recognize that the environment is dying, but it's far too late, and I am conflicted. "
David Slade
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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. "
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" I feel like I'm in a weird state, and I wake up in Hollywood, and I've got a couple of studio movies underneath my belt, and I take these meetings with people. Sometimes it's this great, weird sense of oddness that comes at you, because I've never really stopped thinking the way that I started thinking. "
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" It's funny: I rarely reference anything, and I'm one of those people that doesn't really spend much time in other people's worlds. I just try and create my own and make it as distinctive as I can. "
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" I'm a big fan of horror movies. But I prefer visceral to viscous, let's just say that. "
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" With 'Cold Skin,' I believe we can create a lasting psycho-physiological horror film. It is one of the most atmospheric, terrifying, cinematic, and original stories of the human spirit. "
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" Married life suits me. "
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" I'd love to make films in England, and I tried to. I think there's a wealth of amazing talent and astonishing writing over here; there just seems to be more of a culture of developing films than actually making them. "
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" I don't do commentaries; I can't listen to them, either. "
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" I look for challenges. I really do. "
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" I really appreciate gory movies. "
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" Being able to communicate what your vision is clearly and with specificity is the most important thing a director can do. "
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" Here I was, having done a thriller and a horror movie - why did I have the audacity to make a romantic fantasy? How can I continue to make genre films? Well, maybe I don't want to continue to make genre films. "
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" It's good to know where you've come from. "
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" 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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