If You Think It, The Camera Will

I Think That There Has Been A Slow Recognition That There's A Mind At Work Here, And There's A Skill And Some Bit Of Artistry, And That I Could Probably Do Other Things. Otherwise, I Don't Know That I Would've Been Given The Opportunity To Do Paris, Je T'aime.

I Realized That I Really, Almost By Accident, Had Fallen Into A Labyrinthine, Very Powerful Paradigm For Dealing With These Things Through Genre Films. And Once I Realized That And Realized The Power Of It, And The Fact That Because Horror Films Aren't, In General, Studio Products - Studios Back Them Sometimes, But They Don't Try To Meddle Too Much, Because They Kind Of Don't Want To Sully Their Skirts - You Have A Lot Of Freedom.

I'm Having A Reputation Of Being Somebody Who Will Not Be Crazy. Not Descend To Doing Drugs And Spending An Enormous Amount Of Money, And Instead Delivering A Product To People. Something They Can Sell And Recoup Their Money And Make A Profit.

I Learned To Take The First Job That You Have In The Business That You Want To Get Into. It Doesn't Matter What That Job Is, You Get Your Foot In The Door.

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.