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. Andy Muschietti More Quotes by Andy Muschietti More Quotes From Andy Muschietti Yeah, my parents exposed me to horror movies when I was like 6 or 7. I mean exposed me in a good way, they didn't mean any harm. Andy Muschietti parents good me way 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. Andy Muschietti emotions good character book I think apart from the new spectacle that 'Chapter Two' brings compared to the first one, the scope, scale, bigger canvas, I'm proud of the emotional journey. Andy Muschietti new think proud journey I've always been a big fan of Stephen King, especially in my teenage years. Andy Muschietti big-fan king big always It's a horror movie, but it's quite emotional too, and there's a lot of humor. Andy Muschietti quite horror emotional humor I always put a lot of heart in my movies in general, but in 'It' too, I put a lot of heart in it. Andy Muschietti general movies always heart Of course it's always easy when you work with people that worked together, or you work with people that you worked with before, because you develop over years some sort of shorthand of communion that is always very valuable. Andy Muschietti you together work people 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. Andy Muschietti nobody great think play Yeah, I didn't grow up in the '50s like Stephen King so I'm more versed in the '80s and the present day than the '50s. Andy Muschietti king present grow day One of the greatest things about the book is that everything we know about 'It,' it's pretty speculative. We see it from the point of view of Loser's and that's what makes it so scary. We never get to know exactly what it is. Andy Muschietti view never loser book Hate crimes are still happening. No matter how evolved we think society is going, there seems to be a winding back, especially in this day and age where these old values seem to be emerging from the darkness. Andy Muschietti day hate darkness age When you make a movie, you have to make things denser, you have to build consequentiality. Andy Muschietti build make things you Of course, the whole mythology of the world of 'It' is very attractive to me. Andy Muschietti me mythology attractive world 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. Andy Muschietti feel like understanding home I really didn't want to expand the negative vision of clowns because clowns are not intrinsically scary. Andy Muschietti vision scary want negative I don't have a negative perception of clowns. Andy Muschietti clowns perception negative I enjoyed clowns when I was a kid going to the circus. Mainly I mean the good clowns, when you go to a circus. Andy Muschietti kid good go you Pet Sematary' is one of my favorite books of Stephen King and I have a deep love relationship with it. Andy Muschietti king pet love relationship What captivated me about 'The Flash' is the human drama in it. Andy Muschietti human about me drama 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. Andy Muschietti true time character people
