The thing that makes a great genre movie is one that's not just entertainment, not just horror or sci-fi or whatever. The ones I love are the genre pictures with some subversive message underlying it all.

The only thing I can point to of why I survived is I have a family that loves me and never wanted any money from me.

You can't keep wanting to be 20 years old. Everybody knows that, but what's in the next room?

Your development as a person should coincide with your development in all aspects of your life.

Alejandro Amenábar has a unique way of approaching movies and thinking about something which was new to me. It was different. I have a lot of respect for him so I just took a gamble.

A good movie humanizes people.

It's always a unique challenge when you're working with somebody where English is their second language.