The fairies in the ancient notion of fairies, they are not positive and cute and twinkly.They can be incredibly nasty or they can be incredibly benign. It's a really interesting mythology when you dig into it.

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

I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen

What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.

I believe that the physical effect, the physical set, whenever you can, is ten times better than the digital effect.

Imagine, there is almost no possibility for a foreign language film to be distributed in America right now. That doesn't just make the industry poorer, it makes the landscape of cinema poorer, in America. The impossibility to get a good release on a really good European, Latin American, Asian movie is a tragedy.

I think when the joke comes from the situation in a horror film, it's really great. I don't like jokey horror films like where people are cracking a joke or being post-modern about it.