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"You need an R rating because without one, you can't advertise and the film won't get shown."
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"I'm more likely to lose my temper on a film set than almost anywhere. Often the level of idiocy is so exalted that it's impossible to comprehend."
"Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject."
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"There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?"
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"If you don't generate tension in the film to begin with... you can't really make a purse out of a sow's ear, you know."
"I see Igby as my first movie as an adult, and it's a big deal for me because I really, really like the film."
"Altman works in such an interesting way, letting things occur in the film even if he didn't particularly plan them."
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"The influences in my life were all kind of politically, socially implanted. And then there was Watergate."
"I think the Chainsaw remake is very good and captures the spirit of the original film. It's true to the tone of the original, to the point that it's almost a companion piece."
"Law students have taken over Hollywood. To them it's all about making money. They know people want to see what they've seen before. Also, remakes are places to showcase the new stars of tomorrow."
"Thousands of people come to LA every year, and some of them just disappear. Somebody gets them. In the States around 100,000 people vanish each year. I don't know what that means. Maybe there's something that just pulls 'em out."
"I wanted to make a human monster. His name is Coffin Baby. The idea is based on a group of people from Pasadena whose names I can't mention. His mother died and during the funeral, this baby came out of her in the coffin."
"I don't know when the Return of the Living Dead are happening. That's been on the Internet for years."
"If one sees the American Nightmare first and Chainsaw after that, you'll see it in a different kind of light."
"I love music and I enjoy creating sounds. I got into making music when I was a child, starting with the spoons and the koto before moving onto the piano."
"I don't believe in using too much graphic violence, although I've done it. It's better to be suggestive and to allow the viewer to fill in the blanks in their minds."
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