I'm a plagiarist - I always look back at other movies, and I steal, but I steal well, and I reinvent.
When you see violence in movies in general, it's very quick and painless, which isn't what it's like.
There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
I prefer to do movies, just for the simple fact that in TV, there's not much of a guarantee. They can pull the plug on you.
Getting direct consumer revenue through movies or games or other culture products is something that we are very suitable for.
Most movies are lucky to have one moment, one shot that you look at and you always remember that moment and that scene.
There's nothing better than going to the movies and going into another world, and forgetting about everything that's happening outside.
I think with movies I am really connecting to the Joseph Campbell idea of the collective unconscious.
I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music.
I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.
Captain Oveur: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?
A movie like 'The Last House On The Left' would be very hard to do in Europe.
I like an interesting movie even if it's controversial or offensive, depending on your taste.
I have this thing that, once I finish a movie, I never see it again.
Everybody enjoys when a woman is her own character in a movie or otherwise.
A movie is really provocation. It's not a message, it's not a statement.
The hardest part of this whole movie-making endeavor is finding ideas.
Ever since the movie premiered at Cannes, I've had a sudden surge of scripts and interest.
The Holocaust movie is almost a genre in itself these days.
Any movie that has that spirit and says things can be changed is worth making.
I just wrapped this movie called 'The Wedding Crashers' which was a pretty big break for me.
