As an actor, I look for the part itself. I look for the story and the role. If there's no money, but it's a good part in a good role, I'll still consider it. Basically, the worse the role is, the worse the story is, and the more they'll have to pay me. It's a simple correlation.

You have to have horror that is entertaining, where you can laugh. Most people don't want you to laugh at horror. They just want you to just be disgusted and terrified.

Everybody's got brain matter in their hair, and somehow that makes it a very happy workplace.

The prospects were depressing: Adulthood meant that I'd have to stop having fun and do something I didn't really want to do for the rest of my life – which was apparently a considerable chunk of time.

When life gives you lemons, throw them at the zombies.

I'm not interested in making a $60-million studio film with a bunch of 24-year-olds telling me what to do.

Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun