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

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.

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.

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 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.

I said to him that Zululand sounded fine, but that every man has a map in his heart of his own country and that the heart will never allow you to forget this map.

Good or bad, positive or negative, there is no comment more insulting to a poet than one displaying that you have not properly read and considered the things they wrote.

Beauty is in the eye of the Creator.

My kids don't watch any TV, but they watch videos and films. I'm sure they watch it at friends' houses.

Harry found the [tea]... seemed to burn away a little of the fear fluttering in his chest.

Let's be the kind of people that do good for others whether we get paid back or not, whether they say thank you or not.

God's children improve all advantages to advance their grand end; they labour to grow better by blessings and crosses, and to make sanctified use of all things.

In comparing religious belief to science, I try to remember that science is belief also.

Passion should always trump common sense.