I learned to take the first job that you have in the business that you want to get into. It doesn't matter what that job is, you get your foot in the door.

Horror films don't create fear. They release it.

I like to address the fears of my culture. I believe it's good to face the enemy, for the enemy is fear.

The first monster that an audience has to be scared of is the filmmaker. They have to feel in the presence of someone not confined by the normal rules of propriety and decency.

The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself.

I think the important thing about staying creative and staying sharp and original is not to look back too much.

All of us have our individual curses, something that we are uncomfortable with and something that we have to deal with, like me making horror films, perhaps.

As long as you keep the audience on the edge of their seats, either scare them or keep them guessing, you can put anything in there that you want.

I believe the cinema is one of our principal forms of art. It is an incredibly powerful way to tell uplifitng stories that can move people to cry with joy and inspire them to reach for the stars.

If you think it, the camera will see it.

I have a lot of fans who are people of color. I think, if nothing else, I kind of understand that sense of being on the outside looking in, culturally.

Our emotions affect the atmosphere around us, and other people, because emotions influence the electromagnetic field our heart emits.

Give someone you wronged a chance to express their true feelings and learn about yourself and your shortcomings.

I’m in love with you, ” I whispered, searching her eyes. i looked very pale and very scared, and a little…hopeful.

So many people think you have to be rich and famous to really create an impact, and it's just not true. Especially when it comes to environmentalism.

Vidal Sassoon was the most famous hairstylist in the history of the world.

They never taste who always drink.

My public life was so demanding that I wasn't doing the things that I deemed the most important.

The conscious utterance of thought, by speech or action, to any end, is art.

But it's just been recently that Nashville has started to feel like home.

To be a Jew is a destiny