I put heavy emphasis on the characters.

I go through a whole process with the actors first, building and creating characters, then I encourage them to sort of live in that character when they're in the screen.

We do nods to Charlie's Angels and Mission Impossible because they are popular with our fan base.

I prefer the smaller budget versus the bigger budget because the mentality that goes along with big budget filmmaking doesn't really suit me; the mind-set that money is the answer.

Creativity is the answer. I always prefer the creative solution to an expensive solution.

I'm just calm under fire. I'm not intimidating at all.

Comedy has a responsibility to be a voice of society, so within that, there's always going to be those that talk about those subjects and things that are going on in the world.

All I need is a camera and I'll make things happen

There are two phases to a movie. First you shoot the movie, and then you make the movie. Generally, post-production is longer than filming.

You never really know until you put the movie in front of an audience. I am a big advocate of screenings, which are getting harder and harder to do nowadays.

We felt like we had done as much as you can do with the slasher genre. We were trying to find the next group of scary movies that were ripe for parody.

The total destruction of falsehood allows authentic creative flow to happen.

I have seen children shot in El Salvador, Algeria, Guatemala, Sarajevo, but I have never before watched soldiers entice children like mice into a trap and murder them for sport.

You need to find the power within to make [things] happen for yourself. When you realize this, you are unstoppable.

I'm poor white trash from the state of Washington.

Yes, it is easy to see that nearly six years of magical education have not been wasted on you, Potter. Ghosts are transparent.

Among its many uses, dance/movement therapy aims to help people overcome trauma, often by nonverbally bringing the elements of the experience to the fore.

But he kept finding new pockets of shallow inside himself. He kept finding new ways to betray her.

You gotta let the fans shine their glory the way they want. It's like I have a million bosses and my job is to make them happy.

Any great and inspiring leader or organization that ever existed set out to do something completely unrealistic.

Inspiration quite frequently arrives as a surprise. The key is being open to it.