I think the United States is way behind the times.
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!
Hollywood wants press, any kind of press.
Everybody wants to be like everybody else.
Larry Hagman was a huge star, and he was carrying my stuff for me.
I figured that, if you do a vampire movie in Hollywood, you've made it.