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 heard people's criticisms twice as loudly as their praise.

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

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.

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

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.

If you read a lot, you will know a lot.

Instant gratification takes too long.

Learning not to crumple before these uncertainties fuels my resolve to print myself upon the texture of each day fully rather than forever.

Babies and language are the essential ingredients of civilization, and speakers of language no more know where it came from than babies know where they come from.

I think what a lot of action movies lose these days, especially the ones that deal with fantasy, is you stop caring at some point because you've lost human scale.

Unfortunately, people think I'm negative and bitter all the time, and that's not the case.

The stage is home, and there's no place like it.

History is an argument without end.

The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

We live in a divine world.