The thing that's protected me creatively is that the movies have made profits.

When I was a kid I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.

Maybe when I stop making movies I'll understand my work better.

My normal cycle for movies is eighteen months and each part is separate.

Even in the former Soviet Union they have good copies of my movies.

I grew up watching Steven Spielberg and scary movies.

I made about 28 movies and I think about five of them were good.

Movies will end up being this esoteric art form where only singular people will put films out in a small group of theaters.

The movies I made when I was 14 or 15 I have a hard time looking at those. Those were the awkward years. I don't know if anybody can look at something they did when they were 14 and not wince.

So yes there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.