I Came From A Very Strict Background.

I Wrote, I Think, Half A Dozen Films That Were Completely Out Of Genre. Comedies, Love Stories, Even One Serious Film About Vietnam, And We Couldn't Get Backing For Any Of It. And We Both Sort Of Drifted From Making, At That Time, Serious Money On Last House To Going Through It All In The Course Of Almost Three Years And Only Getting Offers To Do Something Scary Again.

I Have A Lot Of Fans Who Are People Of Color. I Think, If Nothing Else, I Kind Of Understand That Sense Of Being On The Outside Looking In, Culturally.

There's More Emphasis On Art And Culture In Europe Than There Is In The United States And I Think That A Lot Of American Directors And Writers Are Just Trying To Copy Other American Horror Films, They Don't Pick Up Much In The Way That European Filmmakers Do.

I Make Something I Can Look At And Say, "that's A Good Piece Of Work, And There's Some Terrific Directing And Acting In It, And You Should Be Proud Of It."

I Wasn't Allowed To See Movies When I Was A Child. It Was Against The Religion I Was Raised In, Fundamentalist Baptist. I Didn't Go Into A Commercial Movie House Until I Was A Senior In College, And That Was On The Sly. It Wasn't Until I Was In Graduate School That I Immersed Myself In Films. Then, I Went To See All The Films By Bergman, Fellini, Etc.