Night is real. Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darkness.

I try to find inspiration in books, paintings, illustrations and the one thing I try to avoid is just being inspired by other movies, because then you just are talking about movies in movies. I try to talk about movies that are culturally and spiritually a little more diverse.

There are two levels of vampirism: one is the regular vampire, which is just like it has always been; and then there's the super vampires, which are a new breed we've created.

video games are the comic books of our time... It's a medium that gains no respect among the intelligentsia".

Studios look backward. Filmmakers look forward.

I think there are movies that are so gigantic that you need a second unit

I had gotten to the point where I just didn't want to perform anymore - I didn't want to be on the chopping block anymore. I started to want to withdraw and retreat from it.