In my horror movies, I was always trying to deal with real characters and real character drama played by good actors... Laura Linney, Ethan Hawke, Eric Bana, and Tom Wilkinson, people who don't do horror normally. — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
I think it's important for anyone who takes cinema seriously not to limit yourself to just optimistic or happy movies. I think that's a… — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
Kurosawa is my hero, and I've taught courses on his films, and I love what he does, and 'Rashomon' is, I think, his second… — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
I always liked the idea in 'Potter' that you don't choose the wand, the wand chooses you, and that relics decide when you're ready… — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
In my films, I either want the music to be very subtle and very buried or just put it right out in front and… — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
There's a whole, that is a whole subgenre within martial arts cinema. The supernatural martial arts movie. Particularly within Asian cinema. — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
The momentum of my creative life and intellectual growth is still the momentum of breaking out of fundamentalism. Because of that, I'm very grateful… — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
If you look at life with any honesty and intelligence, it's clear that human nature is dark, vile, selfish, and despondent. But I also… — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
Flannery O'Connor is my creative hero. I think she's the greatest American writer. Her book, 'Mystery and Manners,' is my creative bible. — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
I'm married to a nurse, and she is really, really ardent that - in screenplays or movies that I've worked on, that all the… — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
For something to be completely evil is to be nothing. Satan has good attributes - intelligence, for instance - but they are corrupted. I… — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
The evil within the fantasy genre tends to be threatening to the heroes within the story, but not to the reader - or not… — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, a "jump scare" scares the audience for the moment. Slow burn horror ideas scare people forever. — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
