There's a depth to the nightmare, to the symbolism you can exploit, on an intellectual level, on a sexual level, on a primal, violent level, and I think all of those things together are just great. They're the spice and ingredients in the menu of the horror movie, and I think that's why we'll be around for a long time.

I always liked the skinny punk girls; I even loved them before punk.

Gosh, I'd like to direct Our Town on stage.

All my old surfing injuries have kind of come back to haunt me.

I make a star's salary when I do horror, because I can still open a movie in Italy or Spain or Germany.

The modern horror audience is wise to our tricks this lets it in on the gag.

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.