Director Quotes

I see bits and pieces of me in all the characters in my films.

I make movies I want to see.

I have a healthy view of what one can do with art.

I didn't choose BYU, I like to think it chose me.

First I would probably place men at the bottom of the food chain. On a grander scale, I would say they're reacting to change. Feminism has got to be part of that.

Everyone has a story.

Everyone has a little bit of Howard and Chad in them. I think there's Christine in all men as well.

But for me, it feels like a natural extension of what I've been doing: exploring relationships. Here you have two relationships and we can explore how difficult it is for people to be together.

But even with a character like Cary who is relatively outlandish, at the end of the movie he's in a place where I wouldn't have expected him to be - taking on the responsibility of a woman who is pregnant and who used to be his best friend's wife.

And with Aaron, I'd have to find a reason not to work with him.

And I've got some screenplays and plays ready to dip into when I need to.

My best male friend is my best friend until he crosses me. We're all protective of the self.

I'm more than open to hope, but I think men and women have a difficult time dealing with each other and often take the low road.

I was very careful to cast guys who were very good-looking and very fit and who had a certain sense of privilege about them, because with that sense of privilege comes contempt.

I will say that the idea of a woman being deceptive came from that original discussion with critics and reporters about if woman could do that kind of thing. Evelyn, herself, grew out of the discussions about how capable women are of deceit and lying and manipulation.

Everybody has the ability to be manipulative, to be hateful and deceitful.

We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name - we call it recycling.

In a relationship you have to open yourself up.

More people are exposed to movies than to most other forms of art.

Many of us view the bible and other religious teachings as mythology.

In this way, some film schools can be destructive.

If a violent act towards a woman takes place, and the inspiration for that act is violence in cinema, the inspiration for that act would have come from somewhere else if movies didn't exist.

I've also directed, shot, and edited several music videos.

I think you get out of film school what you put into it. If you don't care about making movies, film school will do you no good.

I think the act of condensing months or years of work down to a couple hours of entertainment is pretty wild and extremely rewarding.

I position everything else in my life around making movies.

I never want to become arrogant and think I've made a flawless movie.

I like the fact that major studios have been attempting horror films recently.

I have never seen a connection between cinematic violence towards women and actual violence towards women in society.

I have done some short pieces that are not horror.