I've always had a soft spot for comic books. I learned to read from them. The words in them were so interesting.

I'm an enormous admirer of Christopher Lee. He's somebody, along with Vincent Price, who I celebrate, and I wanted my movies to show that celebration and that honoring of these great film stars that were unafraid to go into horror and Grand Guignol and the macabre.

I try not to be proud. I try to actively attack pride.

I think that the best characters are the ones who both manage to be attractive and repulsive at the same time.

If you're really special, meaning you're doing something unique and original, it could scare people.

I remember once imagining what my life would be like, what I'd be like. I pictured having all these qualities, strong positive qualities that people could pick up on from across the room. But as time passed, few became qualities that I actually had. And all the possibilities I faced, and the sorts of people I could be, all of them got reduced every year to fewer and fewer until finally they got reduced to one - to who I am. And that's who I am.

I'm not a trained actor. I'm someone who is autodidactic and learned on my own.