I love the creation of these things — I love the sculpting, I love the coloring. Half the joy is fabricating the world, the creatures.

When I stage a violent scene, I try for it to serve a purpose. I do love those things, the makeup effects. But I love them more with the monsters. I never was much of a gore guy. I've always enjoyed just creating monsters.

You can always go back to not making any money, and then you get the freedom. And I'm going to continue doing it, because it really is a fantastic sense of liberation.

If you're doing a big spectacle film, you've got to be mindful of large masses. Even then, you've got to be responsible only to your storytelling.

It’s as hard to explain as a sexual proclivity. Some guys like high-heeled shoes. I like horror.

...to all the monsters in my nursery: May you never leave me alone.

When I was a teenager there was no video in my country. Betamax came to Mexico very slowly.