Andy Muschietti

“We are a society that really worked to leave our differences behind, and value equality. All these things actually make a community live in harmony.”

“I really didn't want to expand the negative vision of clowns because clowns are not intrinsically scary.”

“In fact, one of the descriptions of the character in the book is that 'IT' was not very good at replicating human emotions. And that's something that is overlooked in general.”

“Casting is a big deal.”

“I enjoyed clowns when I was a kid going to the circus. Mainly I mean the good clowns, when you go to a circus.”

“When you make a movie, you have to make things denser, you have to build consequentiality.”

“Sequels are always tricky.”

“I learnt to relax a little more and enjoy the process, which is something I didn't do in my first movie - understandably, I guess.”

“I don't have a negative perception of clowns.”

“The moment you introduce the element of IT, which is an interdimensional evil entity, the presence of the turtle comes with it, as a counterbalance.”

“Bill Hader, nobody can play Richie like this guy, I think. It was great because, for some reason, 'Chapter Two' was a movie that everyone wanted to be in.”

“Something a lot of people probably don't know is 'Chapter One' did have the idea to make a post-credit scene, which was Beverly Marsh picking up the phone. So, 27 years later, post credit, you would see a phone ringing.”

“A movie is very different when you're writing the script and you're building a story compared to what the final product is.”

“You have to go to what the essence of what Pennywise is about - the dark power of adulthood. It's not coincidence all the grown-ups in town are evil. This is not a story about a monster. It's a story about the end of childhood.”

“It's like my second home, 'It.' And I would like to return to it, because I feel very comfortable with it, and I have an understanding of it, and I'm passionate about it.”

“My approach to Pennywise was, on one hand, I wanted to stay true to the essence of the character but at the same time make it an edgier character that is basically unpredictable and people won't expect everything he comes up with.”

“I'm an artist. I've been doing storyboards for a long, long time.”

“Of course, the whole mythology of the world of 'It' is very attractive to me.”

“As much as 'It Chapter One' is a movie about friendship and the power of unified belief, the second part is more about trauma.”

“At the beginning when you're writing and building the beats of the story, everything that you put in there seems very essential to the story. However, when you have the movie finally edited and it's 4 four hours long, you realise that some of the events and some of the beats can be easily lifted but the essence of the story remains intact.”