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.

Who would know that by playing a nerdy alien and a child killer, I would have a 30-year career in Hollywood? I've outlasted so many people.

Most of my nightmares involve me forgetting my lines in a stage play.

I liked girls with pale skin because I am a California boy, tanned and blonde hair.

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.

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.