I'm always on the side of the characters, rather than the side of the people attacking them. I get realistic. It's not gratuitous.

- Alexandre Aja

That is the limit of IMDb. You can get into any IMDb page and hack stuff.

- Alexandre Aja

When I approach a story or movie, the story is the most important thing.

- Alexandre Aja

Hollywood changed to become a more marketing-driven Hollywood, where people who are running the studios are more like marketing people, and they need…

- Alexandre Aja

It's always about trying to do something that's different and not repeating yourself because then you lose your creative stamina. You need to have ne…

- Alexandre Aja

Casting is so important in horror. It's so important to have strong actors to tell a story because, if you don't believe in the character, how can yo…

- Alexandre Aja

In the horror genre, unfortunately you sometimes have the studio tell you, "No, go with more unknown people because it's a scary movie," and I disagr…

- Alexandre Aja

You have to be realistic in the use of blood in the movies. There is a little bit more than a gallon in a human being. If you have a few thousand peo…

- Alexandre Aja

When you do a slasher film, you find yourself repeating the same kind of scene, then it becomes not very challenging and not very interesting.

- Alexandre Aja