All of a sudden your whole life becomes a public issue. Money, wealth, people, prestige - all of that suddenly comes into play.

I figured that, if you do a vampire movie in Hollywood, you've made it.

Usually I get recognized for The Blue Lagoon or Dallas.

Now I'm growing and I can see my faults. I can look at myself objectively and say I can't blame anyone else; it was my own damn fault.

By pushing or forcing something upon people, you tend to push people further away.

I'm a very big believer in fate.

The guy who owned that island was from Oregon and he decided that he wanted to have an Oregon feeling to it, so he planted pine trees all over the place!