Scott M. Gimple Quotes

It's intriguing to me, when I see a horror script, or something like that, that's actually original. I think that's why I love 'Stranger Things,' because it's not just horror, it's everything, and when they use horror it's right.

I think with Blair Witch and The Sixth Sense, people are much more open to something that is different.

As with anything, you need to keep your creative juices flowing and keep the character interesting.

All the old school Young Adult novels inspired me. I grew up reading R.L. Stine, Christopher Pike, Richie Cusick, and so on. I loved how you never really knew who the 'bad guys' were in their works, and I wanted to capture that feeling with 'Don't Look Back.'

Why a ghost story? Well, I love them. They're fun to read - and, yes, fun to write.

Aside from 'Hatchet II' and 'Hatchet III,' I've never repeated myself. I try to keep doing things that are totally different.

Generally, Hollywood makes the same stories over and over. I've never wanted to do the same thing twice. If a script doesn't surprise me in some way, I simply can't commit to the project.

I love watching scary movies because you always wonder what happens next, and that's what's going to happen on 'The Haunting Hour:' you're always going to want to know what happens next.

The minute you start assuming that the audience is very happy to see the same show again, you're dead.

Lie to Me' is one of the smartest shows on TV. We have something different, unique and new to say to the audience that they're not going to get from any other show.

I think 'Pretty Little Liars' is going to be hugely popular for adults, for kids, for girls, for guys, you know, something for everyone to look at, and the stories are going to be great. There's suspense every week. The friendship is really fun to watch. I think it's going to have something for everybody.

You have to keep surprising your audience.

You have a new audience for every show. Even though you do the same thing all the time, you gotta keep it fresh for yourself, and you gotta keep it good and interesting and something you want to do. I'm anxious to have a really terrific act. Whatever it takes it takes.

I've always had an idealistic streak about storytelling in that I believe we owe more to audiences than repeatedly bludgeoning them over the head while stealing their lunch money. We owe them inspiration. That's why I'm more interested now in creating new heroes than hooking up jumper cables to old ones.

Theater is about surprises and things that you haven't seen before on stage.

So the characters that I choose, I like to make sure that they have depth and that they have some sort of bite. It's more fun.

I think it's more important to make a lot of different things and keep coming up with new images and things that were never made before, than to do one thing and do it well.

I just try to keep it fresh without sacrificing funny.

I love anything that really pushes the envelope as far as where it takes your mind. When it's well written and brings you into a world that possibly could be, I think that's the most entertaining for me - to see something that could actually take place and causes you to think.

I was doing 'Homeland' and read the first two episodes, and all I wanted was episode three to know what would happen next.

It's difficult, very difficult to create something new every time in this space of horror and scare people every time.

There's only so many things you can do with fights, so I'm always trying to shake it up and find something different, new, exciting and fun.

Thankfully, as much as Hollywood is interested in brands, I think people are still looking for originality and freshness.

I like something with a really great storyline, characters, and concept. I like doing things that are new and cutting edge.

I always try that my next film is different than my last movie. I would like to surprise my audience; that, I think, is the job of an actor.