What I learned from directing, I learned from soccer, where it's like a coach-player relationship..

I always try to keep the confidence of the actors, and try my best to make them feel comfortable or confident..

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

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

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

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

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….

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

When I hire actors I believe in their abilities..

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..

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

Filmmaking is a real craft..

I'm a believer in film school..

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 ….

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

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

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 ….