I can't tell you how many people would say to me as a teenager, 'Why don't you grow up and start thinking about getting a real job?

I'm not a big gore hound but monster gore is different to me than killing a teenager in any way that you can when another human-like person does it. I don't know how I rationalize that really but it seems different to me.

When you're working on a movie you always hope that people will go for it and enjoy what you're doing.

Usually people who are in my position, they run a company and they hire people and then they take the credit for it.

The problem I have with schools is, people are taught, 'This is how you do this.' They're not taught about why you do this.

It's funny: I've been very successful and done a lot of films, and I don't really have an agent - I don't really pursue jobs, I let people come to me.

So many of my dreams were to actually be able to make a living of what I did as a hobby.