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

I know actors that were on great television shows that got cancelled and they have never done anything that good since.

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'm basically a movie actor now, and my big roles are mostly horror movies - unless I'm doing a guest star or something - and occasionally I try to get back into television.

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

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

If a girl comes into your arms, that's pretty romantic.