I work from opposites to opposites, in a way. It's finding one thing and then doing the other from film to film. So maybe after 'I Saw the Devil,' I might do something like 'I Saw the Angel' or perhaps something warm and happy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm a character and relationship guy, and even with the 'Saw' films, it's special-effects people's jobs to create these scary things. It's not my job. My job is to bring some sense of humanity to the character, no matter how evil he may be. The script is going to take me there.
Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil.
I try to pull my inspirations from everyday life. If I came across a situation that is like, 'Oh, that's going to be scary, that's going to be frightening,' that's when I get inspired, and I put that into my films.
When you're working with people you've seen in hundreds of films... it's a bit crazy to step outside yourself for a minute and think, 'This is surreal.' But I try not to get too bogged down in that.
I'd done a ton of movies here in Hollywood, and I realized that every movie I'd done was somebody's else's work and someone else's vision.
There were certain films where I went, 'Oh, my God, I'm doing a movie.'
I'm developing the stuff all the time. There's a film in my head. I'm imagining a film.
I enjoy working in movies that appeal to and will be seen by many people.
The devil made me do it.
I've always been an angel. Sometimes I transform into a witch only because the filmmaking demands it.