Everyone has an opinion, and the guy screaming for censorship may be the next guy to have his ideas cut off.
I'm not impressed by someone's degree... I'm impressed by them making movies.
Cinema has only been around for about 100 years. Has all of the world's violence towards women taken place only within the past 100 years?
Movies are an art form that is very available to the masses.
To us, basing stories on christianity is the same as basing stories on Roman mythology, Native American folklore, or unsubstantiated government conspiracies.
I position everything else in my life around making movies.
I did not go to film school.
I never want to become arrogant and think I've made a flawless movie.
If a violent act towards a woman takes place, and the inspiration for that act is violence in cinema, the inspiration for that act would have come from somewhere else if movies didn't exist.
Censorship of ideas or images or words is wrong.
Many of us view the bible and other religious teachings as mythology.
This indication of audience interest is good for all horror movie makers at any budget level.
The horror genre is important because it promotes experimentation in filmmaking.
Subject matter that is not bound to reality offers more opportunity to write a unique story and cinematically present it in very unique ways.
We should all have the opportunity to express what we want to express.
We should assume that the end product can be switched off by any consumer who is offended or frightened by it.
I have never seen a connection between cinematic violence towards women and actual violence towards women in society.
Violent behavior exists in one's psychological makeup much deeper than the level that receives information from television or movies.
I like the fact that major studios have been attempting horror films recently.
Each feature I make is my focus at that time.
