When you have the intuition that there is something which is there, but out of the reach of your physical world, art and religion are the only means to get to it.

With every movie I produce, I learn something. I watch the directors. It's like the relationship you have with your children. I'm there to learn from my daughters. They are the perfect spirits.

For horror to work, you have to be afraid. You have to keep the monster in a black and white light.

I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don't see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with cinema.

I love monsters. If I go to a church, I'm more interested in the gargoyles than the saints. I really don't care much about the idea of normal - that's very abstract to me. I think that perfection is practically unattainable but imperfection is right at hand. So that's why I love monsters: because they represent a side of us we should actually embrace and celebrate.

I think video games are going to completely take over storytelling in our society. Video games are not a fad.

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.