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.
If my films make one more person miserable, I'll feel I have done my job.
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 find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.
Definition of 'Free': You pay for it whether or not you elect to receive it.
When all else fails, complicate matters.
Where can I get some tat? I'd like to trade it in.
A movie like 'The Last House On The Left' would be very hard to do in Europe.
I think well-read people - the world is open to them.
I'm really trying to stop setting my plays in this one fictional town in Vermont.
I have this thing that, once I finish a movie, I never see it again.
Directing film is the hardest thing I have ever done.
I am a village boy, and Amsterdam for me was always the big town.
It's so easy for people to stick a label on you, and then that taints everything you touch.
You know why I don't like that camera? Because it prevents me from seeing you!
A lot of writing's going down dead ends that don't go anywhere.
