Movies are pieces of film stuck together in a certain rhythm, an absolute beat, like a musical composition. The rhythm you create affects the audience.

It's a very good time for horror. This business certainly has changed, but there's still room for serious horror films. Look at 28 Days Later, that's not a tongue-in-cheek picture.

The strongest human emotion is fear. It's the essence of any good thriller that, for a little while, you believe in the boogeyman.

Directing is all about storytelling. It's not about equipment, or anything else.

Evil hiding among us is an ancient theme.

To make Michael Myers frightening, I had him walk like a man, not a monster.

We all question our sanity. Everyone has had an experience of loss of control of something.

A lot of it [success] is luck. That's a huge part of it that no one wants to talk about. You just got to be in the right place at the right time.

Horror found me. I got into the movie business to make westerns.

I can play just about any keyboard but I can't read or write a note.

To make movies you just have to want it enough. You have to have the passion for telling stories. You have to get by the love-of-movies aspect. You can't just be a movie fan.

Youir're doing this wrong.

Do not try to understand love, rather, stand in love and observe what happens around you.

We deny the parts of ourselves that we deem unacceptable rather than accepting the fact that we're all less than perfect.

One who understands much displays a greater simplicity of character than one who understands little

This recipe is certainly silly. It says to separate two eggs, but it doesn't say how far to separate them.

I never play characters that are like me because I'm a boring person. I wouldn't want to see me in a movie.

The Scriptures teach us the best way of living, the noblest way of suffering, and the most comfortable way of dying.

As a notorious multi-tasker, I love exercise that serves several purposes.

You can't teach an old dog new dog new tricks. Now,you can give an old dog new toys. And we've got one here!

I always wonder why some people see things as weird and some people don't.