When I was 9, I went to a birthday party. We were supposed to see a cowboy movie, but the programming got screwed up and we saw 'The Bad Seed' instead. Horrifying. For years I was frightened of girls with pigtails.

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.

I love fire. I just think it's hypnotic and great, but I've got to tell you - on a sound stage, that stuff scares me.

I do genre films because I like them, or because I need the money.

I think that what's happened is that there's been a rediscovery of some good old-school films and a realization that there's always a place for them. We don't have to outgrow them with the new technology and we can do them with it and we can do them without it. We shouldn't always have the demands made on us to do it.

Surfing is real private. It's a solo, loner sport.

I am lucky. I am fortunate. I found the love of my life.