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

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

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 don’t have a photograph, but you can have my footprints. They’re upstairs in my socks.

To imagine that I was pleased would have been an understatement, if I was a dog, my tail would be wagging my arse off.

Finding out how the rest of the world lives is a normal part of rumschpringe. I didn't think it was up to my father-or my bishop-to squash that kind of curiosity.

There are few successful adults who were not first successful children.

Strength without agility is a mere mass.

The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.

Generations pass while some tree stands, and old families last not three oaks.

The way I make art, the way a lot of people make art, is as an extension of language and communication, where references are incredibly important.

It is false to believe that the sun revolves around the earth, but it is not absurd.

I am a plodder, I make an appointment with my computer everyday and I have no idea where I am going.