What's funny is, when I made 'Saw,' I got accused of being a fascist, when I made 'Insidious,' I got accused of being godless, and now I made the 'Conjuring' films, and I'm accused of being too much God.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You know what's funny is, when I made 'Saw,' I got accused of being a fascist; when I made 'Insidious,' I got accused of being godless, and now I made the 'Conjuring' films, and I'm accused of being too much God.
I'm Godless. I've had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking.
God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny.
I'm free-spirited, and it gets me into trouble.
Since I came at 'Godot' from a God-based frame of mind, it didn't strike me as absurdist. It struck me as characters waiting for proof of God's existence.
I have been accused of making people laugh, maybe when it's not appropriate, during scenes.
What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy.
I was once described by one of my critics as an aesthetic fascist.
God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
I have a very clear vision, and I come from film, where director is God, so if there's a clash, it's painful.