When I was a kid, I was afraid of large group of conforming people.

Sports teams, people who follow sports teams, religion, churches, work - any company, I find that people just generally have a need to belong to something larger than themselves.

Well, first of all, making films is a collaborative process. You need people. You need people you trust and love and who are your friends. People you can work with.

You know, when you're isolated on set for like a month, people like to get rowdy.

Filmmaking is a real craft.

The trappings of a religious cult tend to fall into candlelit ceremonies and robes and group chanting and singing and prayer.

I'm a believer in film school.

When I hire actors I believe in their abilities.

I wasn't good enough to be a professional soccer player obviously but that was my first goal in life.

I always try to keep the confidence of the actors, and try my best to make them feel comfortable or confident.

I remember being at school during morning meeting and looking around at everybody, 350 kids, saying a prayer. We're all very young and no one knows what it means, and I remember feeling strange that people were just repeating words that they didn't understand. I refused to participate. For some reason I always rejected it, but respectfully.

I was really into writing short fiction and also photography when I was a kid.

When I was a little kid, I loved horror films. I always liked being scared.

I'm interested in adapting books and all sorts of things.