I try not to be spectacular with the camera. I try to be a witness of what's going on..

I take things from everywhere, and I still haven't figured out where I took [some things] from..

When you're a director you always feel weird with another director watching over your shoulder..

Only really good comedies and really good horror movies get a verbal response out of the audience. People will scream. People will laugh..

I think violence in movies, for it to work, you have to use it smartly. People get numb very fast. If you have too much violence in the beginning, it….

I think the more honest you are with the storytelling, the better it works..

There are the horror fans that love the Evil Dead because of the humor, but I’m sure it’s not all of them. Not all horror fans love Evil Dead because….

I don't want to spoon-feed the audience, like, "This is the funny guy, this is one you hate, this is the one you like." A lot of movies do that. They….

Maybe because I'm a child of the 80's, but for me a sequel is a story that follows the previous one, and sometimes if you haven't seen the original t….

I need to create a whole cinematic experience. I think that's what it takes to get the audience to the theater and justify seeing [a movie] on a big ….

In general I think the inspiration was to think about all those movies that I saw as a kid and never knew they were remakes, because I know there's p….

You can make a film with a phone and a computer if you want, if you have the time. So it's a world that is saturated with films and all kind of stuff….

There's a reason people use CGI: it's cheaper and faster. I hate that..

There's so much stuff going on behind the cameras. Sometimes people think these things are done certain ways and when you watch that you see how hard….

As a director, there is nothing more fun than seeing an audience screaming and jumping. You are the ultimate puppet master, controlling the emotions ….

As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has t….

I've seen a lot of movies that were great and scary, but not particularly fancy in their filmmaking or performance. And they're still scary, and I th….

In my everyday life, I can be as square as I want. But when it comes to movies and telling stories, I can't. I've got to be radical, and on some leve….

I love just about every aspect of the filmmaking except acting. I would never be able to do that, but the rest I really enjoy..

Comedy is all about the joke. Comedies usually don't do anything fancy with the camera [or] the lighting. It doesn't matter. It should never be fancy..

In another life, I would love to be the art guy - a production designer or a maybe even a composer..