writer, his first novel, then you have all these great actors nobody's ever seen before except for piper laurie. because george lo cues and i were casting all the young actors in hollywood at the same time, we saw everybody, and because in my case i couldn't get my movie financed, i was waiting around for months, i had a tremendous amount of time to lay out the whole sequence of the movie, and we had a lot of time to work with these actors nobody had ever seen before. >> rose: take a look at this, a scene from "carrie." (shouting to open the door) (sinister music) (screaming) >> rose: did you once say, i don't watch scary films? >> right. >> rose: what was i this? i would rather be the puppet master than the puppet. you know, i like to construct sequences. >> rose: you don't like scary films? >> you know when things are come bug you don't like to be scared out of your seat. i don't like rollercoasters. do you? >> rose: yes! i love them! >> not me. i don't like being caught offguard. but can i set somebody up? >> rose: my instinct about you would be that, you know, you would exactly want to be c