Horror has been very good to me in my career. Doing horror films is for the fans and helps keep that part of my career alive.

Many great horror stories are period pieces and English actors have a facility for historic characters.

I actually sing horribly, but I used to dance pretty good. I was a gymnast, and you can usually use those gymnastic tricks with dance. Plus, they're so much fun to do. That wasn't really a big part of my career. It was just a phase.

American Horror Story on cable now, it is terrific. There has to be room to re-invent.

I've worked with pythons and such in a couple of movies, and I had to wrangle around, but I was okay. Still, if I'm out in the country or something, I'm still spooked by them.

I'm an actor. Actors are supposed to act.

Everybody underestimated the universality of the concept of a nightmare or a bad dream.