I am the nice adversary, the guy that's going to ask the tough questions and is not going to be happy with the quick answer.

If we have a choice in how we die, I would say that's a privilege. I think we have a sort of prudish approach to death in the West, though certainly not in Mexico. In Mexico, it's a little bit freer. We're not so precious about it.

Producing is great because you learn.

I only produce directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.

I always thought what if you took a myth of childhood like the tooth fairy and made it a central scary thing. We did it on Hellboy and we did it on 'Don't be afraid of the dark'.

Ghosts are a metaphor that can be interpreted so many different ways. There's no ending to what you can do. You can make it a fun ghost story. You can make it a deeply disturbing, psychological ghost story.

The underground of the city is like what's underground in people. Beneath the surface, it's boiling with monsters.