The trappings of a religious cult tend to fall into candlelit ceremonies and robes and group chanting and singing and prayer..

When I was a little kid, I loved horror films. I always liked being scared..

Filmmaking is a real craft..

When you write, no matter what, it ends up personal..

In editing, it's amazing how you choose the in and out points. What you cut on is everything for creating tension. It's amazing how expanding a shot ….

It's sort of one ongoing process where writing ends and directing starts..

You know, when you're isolated on set for like a month, people like to get rowdy..

When I was a kid, I was afraid of large group of conforming people..

The way brainwashing works is subtle and takes a long time..

I wasn't good enough to be a professional soccer player obviously but that was my first goal in life..

A big fear of working with an actor that's never been a lead in a film before is that you're going to have to work really hard to pull a performance ….

I was really into writing short fiction and also photography when I was a kid..

I'm interested in adapting books and all sorts of things..

Well, first of all, making films is a collaborative process. You need people. You need people you trust and love and who are your friends. People you….

Sports teams, people who follow sports teams, religion, churches, work - any company, I find that people just generally have a need to belong to some….

I remember being at school during morning meeting and looking around at everybody, 350 kids, saying a prayer. We're all very young and no one knows w….

When people leave cults, they don't know that they left a cult..

I love the first hour of a horror movie, the fear and anticipation. Then, when it gets bloody, I lose interest..

I'm a believer in film school..

I won't rewrite on set, but I'll just trim the fat..

When I hire actors I believe in their abilities..