My Mother Wouldn't Even Let Me Read

Horror Films Don't Create Fear. They Release It.

If You're In A Theater, People Are Texting, All Around You. You Have The Little Glowing Screens Everywhere. Think Of How Annoying That Can Be.

I Have Felt Over The Years A Definite Progression Or Arc From Feeling Guilty About What I Had Done With The First One [film], Because Certainly There Was All That Fundamentalist Guilt That Came Pouring Back In.

I Think The Important Thing About Staying Creative And Staying Sharp And Original Is Not To Look Back Too Much, And To Kind Of Look To Where Your Vision Is Going Now. But I Have Felt Over The Years A Definite Progression Or Arc From Feeling Guilty About What I Had Done With The First One, Because Certainly There Was All That Fundamentalist Guilt That Came Pouring Back In. Feeling Like I'd Done Something Horrible, "i'm A Despicable Person And I'm Perverse," And All These Things, To A Sense Of The Power And The Necessity, In A Sense, Of Horror Films And Dealing With Dark Material.

I Came To Terms With Living Mostly In A World Of Horror Pictures Or Genre Pictures. I Have Had A Few Chances To Get Outside And Do Something Different, Like Paris, Je T'aime Or Music Of The Heart, But Mostly It's Been My Lot. And To Have Created, With A Few Shocking Films, An Awareness Or A Perception Of Me As Somebody Dangerous And Scary - That Can Be Sold, But Trying To Sell Me For Some Other Kind Of Picture, Like Music Of The Heart, Was Very Difficult.