There are people who say they want to write novels. They think, 'I'll learn my craft on the romance novel.' If you don't love the genre, it's going to show, and it's not going to be a good book.
I'd be making a fool of myself if I thought I was a rapper.
The prose of Joe Pulver can take its place with that of the masters of our genre – E.A. Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Ramsey Campbell, Thomas Ligotti – while his imaginative reach is something uniquely his own.
My background is more horror or thriller, and you can't get better than horror fans, as far as I'm concerned.
I understand the rules of Superman - not necessarily better than anyone else - but better than a normal filmmaker would. After doing 'Watchmen' and digging that deep into the why of superheroes, when Superman is presented to you, I felt like I was in a unique position to say 'I get this guy. I know what this is.'
I do feel that I need to do at least one more Western - I think you need to make three Westerns to call yourself a Western director.
The thing that's amazing about working with Chris Landon is that he has such an encyclopedic knowledge of all films in all genres.
I love dabbling in different genres, and I like being good at different genres of cinema.
I can say pretty confidently that I am not the right guy to do a superhero movie, just because I was not a comic book kid. I don't know that mythology, and I don't have it ingrained in me in the way that a lot of these other directors do.
I just like doing comedies, and think that my timing and love for the genre set me apart from other young women who look like me.
What some of the early horror genre masters knew, and what I know, is that the audience are perverts, but in the best possible way.
My brother is my go-to with scripts, especially when we're talking genre pieces, because I want to make sure that it's legit. I can love it, but then I pass stuff on to him.
