149 Quotes by Jason Blum

One thing I am very strict about is that I don't like spending a lot of money on movies because the more money you spend I think the worse that they get.

I think good suspense and horror is really about creating situations that are relatable, and throwing a wrench in it and watching how people respond to it.

I think the most honest responses to the movies you get to watch are in houses and people's most private spaces, like the bedroom or in your own intimate space. I think that's where you feel safest, so when you're threatened in the place you feel safest, it makes for the scariest situations.

I really like to work with theater actors. Theater actors tend to do lots of independent movies, and those are the actors that I like.

The scares are the easier part of scary movies. The hard part of scary movies is what leads up to the scares.

A lot of the reasons why people are annoyed at found footage movies is because people look at it like it's easy and that they could do it, too.

I try to work with people who you're not used to seeing in scary movies. I think it makes for a more interesting mix, when you're watching the movie.

Horror is great storytelling with scary elements on top of it, but if you don't have great storytelling, you can have all the scares in the world, but the movie won't work.

You can't be a creative person and not fall in love with everything. Every movie I've made there's a complicated, twisted love affair with.