You have to believe the magic to see it.

I love REAL set construction and think that sets are very important part of the storytelling and scope of a film.

Hellboy is the first movie where both ends of the spectrum are combined

If at age 10 I say there are monsters in the basement and they don't believe it, I would have stayed in that house. My father would have said "Shut up and get to your room." So I thought the only sanctioned tyranny in the world is parenthood and everybody goes "Yeah." It's a dictatorship - parenthood.

Somebody said to me, in a very well-meaning way, at a screening, "We love the movie but it's too violent. If you tone down the violence you could reach a great audience of kids.".

I believe in man. I believe in mankind, as the worst and the best that has happened to this world.

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