I've always loved... actually I didn't always love horror films. I started out and I only liked comedies and dramas.

I've always heard people's criticisms twice as loudly as their praise.

R is for wussies if you're talking about blood and guts.

Well it's always been an element of the horror film to show us the gross out. I mean that's one option for all filmmakers making a horror film and it's not something I've found myself above either.

I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place.

As I began making my feature films, it was a great adventure. It was about constructing something I saw in my head or I had designed on storyboards and capturing that on film.

I don't like shows, I don't like to put on a show, I just really want to work intimately with my actors.

My father told me to dress to reflect the respect you have for the people around you. I've never forgotten that.

I used to get headaches in 3D movies, and I didn't want the movie to give people headaches.

I like a good mono track, it's right up front. I don't need all the surrounds telling me there are birds in the neighbourhood.

Every filmmaker knows that when you make a book into a movie, the first thing you have to do is kill the book, unfortunately. You've got to recreate it.

To have a productive happy life you have to focus on two things: focus on what you want and enjoy what you have.

Only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road.

The good must merit God's peculiar care; But who but God can tell us who they are?

On her son Rene: Oh my God, when he's 20 years old what's going to happen to me? I'm gonna marry him.

Above all, remember that the computer simply isn't as intelligent as you are.

My hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, As men's have grown from sudden fears.

Let us remind ourselves that it is ordinary people - men and women, boys and girls - that make the world a special place

I learned a lot about acting - watching not just myself but other actors and learning how to distinguish between two great takes. It's also about one's own taste in performance.

Probably your first agent is going to be some guy who also handles dog acts.

The idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone, All centuries but this, and every country but his own.