“Suspense films are often based on communication problems, and that affects all of the plot points. It almost gives it kind of a fable feeling.”

“There's a lot of things lost in the Digital Age.”

“I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious.”

“I remember being a teenager and seeing Seymour Cassel across a crowded room and being incredibly star struck, and not having the courage to say, 'Hello.'”

“Movies are romantic fantasies.”

“work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it, because in fact everything in life does count on it.”

“Happiness [is] only real when shared”

“That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.”