If people walk out of the movie and they think about it, then that's quite something.

You can't outsmart or outguess the audience in terms of what the narrative answer is.

Usually monsters are some aspect of human behavior or humanity at large.

Let's make really good stories that people get something out of. That's the one common denominator with everything I try to do.

The actors in Britain are incredible, and I didn't appreciate that until I got there. They interpret your words and you realize how deliberate and thoughtful they are. There are great American actors, too, don't get me wrong, but the technique that British actors have is something really special.

The primary reason people watch television is you want to see the world through somebody else's eyes, and learn what that's like. You can only live one life, and so you get to see other lives through these characters.

It's my belief that when you're dealing with the supernatural, the supernatural still has to trump we mortals, it still has to be more powerful than we are. You can't really defeat it. You can live to fight another day but it's very rare that a human being can actually destroy a supernatural force.