When horror films are made in times of political strife, I think they're not made with an instinct to add to the… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
There are times when I'm kind of anti-social, I'm just really shy, and I don't feel like I fit in, and I… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
I feel like, generally, the golden eras of cinema seem to be in moments of incredible political turmoil and strife and struggle. — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
It's hard to prep a movie in five days and shoot it in five days and cut it in barely any time.… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
I've been asked countless times, 'Why are you drawn to horror films? Why do you think women are drawn to horror films?'… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
I have had to really grapple with the fact that, while I wish things could be different at times, I ultimately needed… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
One of the things you hear about when studying the nature of fanaticism is that a lot of the time, people don't… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
I want to make big movies - but I don't want to have to die a little death every single time I… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
There's no glory in climbing a mountain if all you want to do is to get to the top. It's experiencing the… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
I was in a very lucky position to be able to consider studio films and had decided to not go that route… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
Somehow, even though you have less time and less money, the thing about making indie films is somehow you have another kind… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
Always keep absorbing art and looking at paintings and reading books and watching movies in other languages, just getting to know the… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
There's something about the girls and the boys who just live for the moment and don't think a second beyond their needs… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
If you look at most mainstream filmmaking, to be honest, some of these films aren't even asking questions anymore at all. — Karyn Kusama Copy Share
I'm really interested in violence. And I think there's an inevitably cinematic property that violence brings to the moviegoing experience. But one still has… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share
It's freeing to be able to consistently make creative decisions and ask creative questions of the team without feeling like, 'Does this make me… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share
The best horror walks a line that's completely on a psychological level, not needing the typical tropes of traditional horror filmmaking, then also having… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share
What fascinates me is that when we look at the history of women in politics, so frequently the women who get the farthest are… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share
I want people to leave the theater wrestling with the idea that our pain - physical, emotional, and spiritual pain - is more than… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share
I'd like to be making more films more frequently, but I do find that making movies, for me, has proven to be an extremely… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share
For me, there's something about a certain kind of genre film that has real potency in its emotional landscape. — Karyn Kusama Copy Share
It's hard to prep a movie in five days and shoot it in five days and cut it in barely any time. You don't… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share
What makes a lot of suspenseful films work is very, very particular points of view and very subjective use of the camera. — Karyn Kusama Copy Share
Somehow, even though you have less time and less money, the thing about making indie films is somehow you have another kind of resource:… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share
I think my narrative is actually pretty interesting if I step back from it and don't engage too much in it, personally or emotionally. — Karyn Kusama Copy Share
What I do think is really interesting is that, as I get older and more mature, I'm really attuned to how frightening this world… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share
It is important to know what audiences might expect from their genre movies, but I think it is also important to not give them… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share
