To me, the thing that sets us apart from so many other animal species is our ability to ask questions, investigate, gather information, come to our o…

- Karyn Kusama

I'm really interested in violence. And I think there's an inevitably cinematic property that violence brings to the moviegoing experience. But one st…

- Karyn Kusama

What I'm starting to really grapple with, as someone who likes to tell stories, is that humans more than any other animal species seem open and willi…

- Karyn Kusama

I want people to leave the theater wrestling with the idea that our pain - physical, emotional, and spiritual pain - is more than just a condition th…

- Karyn Kusama

There's just so much lazy violence directed at women. But beyond that, lazy violence directed at humans generally. Just lazy violence.

- Karyn Kusama

We have to accept that making movies is a never-ending process of occasional progress, frequent setbacks, and unexpected curveballs being thrown our …

- Karyn Kusama

Pain in all its forms is also a message, a kind of distress signal to our hearts and minds. There are times when it's really important to tune into t…

- Karyn Kusama

I'm seeing more and more interesting horror come my way. More and more interesting thrillers and genre films are coming my way from the studio level,…

- Karyn Kusama

I am honored and lucky to be one of the first films funded by Gamechanger Films, a consortium of investors who finance movies directed by women.

- Karyn Kusama