It's so rare that you meet your idols and they outdo your expectations..

I love superheroes and I love weird horror films... I could definitely feel that there was a lack of movies like The Martian being made: smart genre ….

Everything I've ever worked on has been hard to classify..

Filmmaking is incredible introspective. It forces you to sort of examine yourself in new ways..

In a weird way, it's much easier, when I don't have to worry about being a writer, to just worry about the director job, which is really fun..

Some people like when it rains a lot. Some people like sunshine. The idea that there's one, all encompassing afterlife is strange. It doesn't seem to….

I do feel there's certainly some films where you can feel that the directors don't care about the genre and they don't care about their characters..

Theres just something wonderful about getting a small group of people together in an isolated location, and theres something about cabins themselves ….

We've always been a band who's taken forever to do things. After writing 'Persona' I think we wrote about four songs in three years!.

I just go with what excites me..

This is what I do for fun - brainstorm about monsters!.

I do love writing but it is a lonely profession. You're lonely and optimistic at the same time..

The more work you put in on your outline and getting the skeleton of your story right, the easier the process is later..

The truth is, writing and directing are two very different jobs. They're not even remotely the same job. It took me a while, as a director, to unders….

I happen to like things that are funny and dramatic at the same time. I don't see the difference..

The greatest villain of all time is The Joker - he always has been, and I don't know anyone who's not going to have Heath Ledger's performance burnt ….

Ive found that if you just try to make the film you want, youll find the right audience. If you try to please everyone, youre going to make really bo….

The most fun characters to work with are characters that are complicated..

All movies are alchemy and time is one of the ingredients that goes into the alchemy. You want the time to be right; you don't want to rush it. You n….

I don't like nihilistic characters. As bad guys they're great, but as heroes they don't work..

I try not to get too cute for cute's sake..