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

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.

Kids today don't watch a black and white movie.

I'm a pretty psycho-obsessed shrink.

I'm doing a lot of boogie-boarding now. It's actually better exercise, I get a lot more waves, and if I'm out in big surf, I can duck under the waves much easier.

Horror movies travel pretty well anyway. They're like action movies: People overseas can watch them and enjoy them, and they're not so culturally specific in terms of their references, and they can follow a good scary story.

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.