We see death constantly on film.

'Hamlet' is one of the most dangerous things ever set down on paper. All the big, unknowable questions like what it is to be a human being; the difference between sanity and insanity; the meaning of life and death; what's real and not real. All these subjects can literally drive you mad.

With vampires, there is such a great tradition that you suddenly find yourself a part of. Each generation reinvents what that means to them.

It's funny the more technological advanced everything gets, the more like acting in your bedroom when you're a kid it is.

It has to be absolutely believable. It's also going between images and scenes with nudity and sexuality that would be seen, in conventional terms, as kind of sexually exciting. It's up against things that are much more medical and gynecological, and notoriously we, as a culture and a society, have some issues with that kind of thing.

I don't find the life in Hollywood all that meaningful or inspiring.

My taste in watching things runs from dramas and low-budget films to high-end fantasy/science fiction.