If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up hill the ground is nearer.
My rule is to use whatever feels right at the moment and then break that rule if you want.
I had the nightmare when I was like nine or ten or something, I always remembered pieces of that nightmare, the feeling from it. I've always wanted to make a horror film and so I always kept thinking about that nightmare.
There's a difference between the way I see it and the character's interpretation of the events, so the rules within the film are the rules within the film.
When people would ask me what I was doing, I'd be like, 'It's a horror film. ' 'What is it about?' 'You'll just have to see it. ' I really didn't want to explain it because it's really tough to explain without it just sounding really ridiculous.
It's just about having faith in what I wrote and following through on the plan and making sure I get the pieces the way that I need them. It's just about executing properly in production and then in post, you know, it's working [with] and trusting my editor, and then also playing the film for people and seeing how they react.
I have several things that I'm working on and trying to put together. It's hard to say exactly what's next. I think I know what it is, but until I'm actually doing it, I never want to say because things change.
I don't think any war is worth having our soldiers killed.
One of the rules I try to follow is that normal people are going to be involved even in heroic events
I know I'm a really good mother. I know it. I'm a really good mother.
I was against the war in Iraq.