Jeff Bridges taught me a lot about how to keep a scene fresh.

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

I'd like to see a really good kind of closeted 1950s vampire movies. The war is over, the Korean war is over, we're happy now, a little bit of Cold War paranoia ya know, and then mix it up a little bit. I just think there are so many avenues that you could do that.

I do a lot of stuff in my career, but I like to keep a hand in horror.

It's hard for young people to understand when you tell them how great relationships are.

I love fire. Fire is hypnotic.

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