Acting is the most pure fun as far as jobs go, but it can be limiting in terms of freedom of expression. You are never the master of the story, just a part of it. But writing and directing give you the power of the gods.

To turn a human being into a part-canine or lupine creature takes a good deal of artistry and money.

The most challenging work is producing. The physical act of getting a production up and running is extremely taxing, and you never have any guarantee that your years of work on any given project will ever bear fruit.

Zombies - obviously they're doing it in a much more expansive way on The Walking Dead - basically, what you used to do is you put a bunch of goo on an actor and have them shamble towards you, and it's a very effective creature. It always has tremendous impact, just that feeling of death coming for you; that's universally accepted.

When I was a kid I was really into horror films. I watched every single horror film that came out in the 80s.

I think American Werewolf in London is the greatest werewolf movie of all time.

It's important to continue to change and evolve in the way that the comics change and evolve.