Believe it or not, but I was a camp councilor for three years. I love kids.

I think characters are most terrifying when they're relatable. It's best when your most horrible characters make sense, and are believable. That's when a movie is most terrifying.

Look at comic books. It used to be something that only geeks were into. And now it's everywhere.

One of the great joys of life, now that you can afford a nice suit, is getting one for free. That's why I like to do press tours - I always say making movies is just an excuse to get free clothing.

I think filmmakers, in general... There are some awesome, really great filmmakers - but on the whole, filmmakers, actors, I think they are the biggest bunch of whiny, over-paid babies on the planet.

Everyone is so terrified of being labeled a racist.

Movie stars need to retain some of that mystique if you are a big movie star.

Natural disasters are terrifying - that loss of control, this feeling that something is just going to randomly end your life for absolutely no reason is terrifying. But, what scares me is the human reaction to it and how people behave when the rules of civility and society are obliterated.

I have no tattoos. There's nothing I've even been that into to get a tattoo of it.

Horror is like comedy. Woody Allen's comedy is going to be very different from Ben Stiller's comedy which is going to be different from Adam Sandler's comedy which is going to be different from Judd Apatow's comedy. They're all comedy, but they're all very different types and you can enjoy all of them. Horror is the same way.

I look at careers like Ben Stiller and think that's a great career to have where you're doing movies that you write and direct, and also act in films, although he's primarily an actor.

As a director, you have to know what actors are doing. You're the one telling them what to do. The actors' job is to come prepared to the set, but sometimes, if they're beginning actors or people who are non-actors, you have to teach them how to act.

Horror movies are the best date movies. There's no wondering, 'When do I put my arm around her?'

As a kid, I was the neighbourhood baby-sitter - very responsible, always in charge.

If someone gets up and walks out of the movie, it means it's really affected them.

Much of my youth was spent in the parking lot or inside a Dunkin' Donuts.

Horror audiences don't need to see some TV actor they're familiar with.

You know, the best thing you can say about a horror film is, 'Don't see it.'

Anytime you make a movie, the goal is a wide theatrical release, with the right distributor.

You know, the dirty secret in the Director's Guild is that the average life expectancy of Director's Guild members is 57 years old. The stress level is so high and directors are generally really out of shape, cause they sit in the chair and they eat craft service.

People want to be disturbed when they go see a horror movie.

When I go see an R-rated horror movie, I want lots of violence.

I've always dreamed of having a year-round haunted house.

I'd love to see us get to a point where you can make a movie and not worry about the limits of the violence. Then I think they'd get so violent that people would get bored of it.