I think as long as there are folks on the fringe who want to make movies, the indie scene will still be around. I do think it's getting harder to get them seen though.

In horror, character development is often pushed aside in favor of the shock value. The best genre movies to me are movies like The Shining. You had a connection to the characters in that film.

We hit a stride where all self-consciousness disappeared.

I'm less interested in slasher, and go more for roles that can affect you on a personal level. I'm interested in human empathy in the movies I see, and in the ones I am a part of.

Actors are such an insecure breed.

Being behind a camera, in front of the camera, is my own little deconstructionist niche.

I'm really proud of Blair Witch Project as a film, but as far as the cultural phenomenon of it - that was just weird luck.

I've done almost 20 films and I still worry about not finding the next one.

I would love to direct some day. It's a good job for a control freak.

Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role.

I ultimately have faith though, that good films will find their audience.

it is easy to surpass a predecessor, but difficult to avoid being surpassed by a successor.

It is God’s desire that every one of us is involved in serving Him with all our heart and soul

You're human. It's one of the things humans do. Lies just spring out, even unbidden and unintended.

I'm not that much into working out. My philosophy - no pain no pain.

Wisdom is not acquired save as the result of investigation.

I don't like people who drink decaf coffee it's like what. Why you drinking it? Like it taste so good? That's like drinking non alcoholic vodka.

Suffering over something is proof positive of its importance.

Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought.

Big thoughts are fun to romanticize, but it's many small insights coming together that bring big ideas into the world.

Genuine spiritual knowledge lies not in wonderful and mysterious thoughts but in actual spiritual experience through union of the believer's life with truth.