The First Monster You Have To Scare

Something Like Nightmare On Elm Street, To Me, Was Kind Of An Examination Of Levels Of Consciousness And The Pain Of Facing The Truth, And How Easy It Is To Fall Asleep, Or Want To Fall Asleep.

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.

[i Was] Feeling Like I'd Done Something Horrible, "i'm A Despicable Person And I'm Perverse," And All These Things, To A Sense Of The Power And The Necessity, In A Sense, Of Horror Films And Dealing With Dark Material.

I Don't Want To Rescind American Directors But I Think That European Directors In General, Because Of The Size Of The Nations In Europe Are Exposed To All Different Cultures, They Can Easily Travel From One Distinct Culture To Another In A Matter Of Hours - You Can Drive For Two Weeks Across The United States And You're In The Same Basic Culture - So There Is A Certain Breadth Of Understanding And Sophistication That They Bring To It And Frankly, In Some Cases They Are Less Expensive Than American Directors.

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.