I don't like the fact people watch things on their phones and tablets, it kind of hurts my heart.
Well, as a kid I did all the Bloody Mary games and using a mirror to scare yourself.
I always liked the challenge of that, how to take an inanimate object and build something around it that's scary.
I did not growing up watching a lot of horror. I wasn't allowed a lot of it and I was a real chicken.
I'm a natural born skeptic.
I hate jump scares. I really hate them. I think there's nothing special about being able to startle someone - that's an involuntary reflex, and it makes people laugh.
For me, 'The Haunting of Hill House' is a series about life after a haunting, what happens after the credits roll in most horror films.
When you talk about people being haunted or wrestling demons, that is a rich metaphor.
It's a wonderful thing to watch an actor just act.
We're all storytellers in this business, and I personally love to sit back and watch someone tell a story. If it's done well, there's nothing like it. It's pure.
I forget who said it, but there's that saying: 'Films are never finished, they're abandoned.' There's always something you think you can improve on, but I don't think you should try. George Lucas started doing it, and didn't stop. You can tinker indefinitely, and it doesn't necessarily make it better.
I'm always drawn toward family drama, and dysfunctional family stories. It speaks to me, in a really profound way, and I think there's so much to explore within it.
With digital technology there's a huge spectrum of flexibility in what you can do to manipulate sound and image - which you can push into a really artificial realm if you aren't careful.
Gerald's Game,' we could not have made it at a studio without substantive changes to the story.
I've always been fascinated with the '60s in general.
I'm a major NASA nerd, so I've spent a lot of time learning about the space race and the Apollo missions.
Horror movies feel like comedies when you're making them because everybody laughs so much.
One of the things about horror movies that I've noticed with the children I've worked with is that they have a great time.
I started off making backyard movies. I think it began in fifth grade - I'd get the friends together and we'd make little home movies. I always wanted to make movies but I didn't know how. It was always something really fun to do.
I tend to over-prepare my shot lists.
