Movie stars need to retain some of that mystique if you are a big movie star.

When I was filming the death scene [in Inglourious Basterds], and I'm killing somebody, I had to work myself up.

Horror is like comedy. Woody Allen's comedy is going to be very different from Ben Stiller's comedy which is going to be different from Adam Sandler's comedy which is going to be different from Judd Apatow's comedy. They're all comedy, but they're all very different types and you can enjoy all of them. Horror is the same way.

It's very flattering to feel like you actually helped create a sub-genre.

I think horror should never be safe, whether it's violent or non violent.

As a kid, I was the neighbourhood baby-sitter - very responsible, always in charge.

Possession and exorcism is something that’s in every religion and every culture. It’s a real primal fear: Is the body a vessel for our spirits? What happens if something else takes over it? Where does the spirit go?