I started when I was eight, doing super 8 films.

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The other thing that I started doing for myself was, I went through my diary...

The other thing that I started doing for myself was, I went through my diary...

I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by...

I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by...

I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others.

I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others.

When I was a teenager there was no video in my country. Betamax came to...

When I was a teenager there was no video in my country. Betamax came to...

I was an altar boy, a spokesperson for the Virgin Mary, I was a choir...

I was an altar boy, a spokesperson for the Virgin Mary, I was a choir...

I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don't see it as an independent...

I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don't see it as an independent...

I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen.

I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen.

There are two levels of vampirism: one is the regular vampire, which is just like...

There are two levels of vampirism: one is the regular vampire, which is just like...

They're getting more and more experience on what to expect, and the Hellboy audience is...

They're getting more and more experience on what to expect, and the Hellboy audience is...

For eight years I did effects for other movies until I got my movie made.

For eight years I did effects for other movies until I got my movie made.

I'd grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14,...

I'd grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14,...

It's only in modern times that we have come to glorify vampirism.

It's only in modern times that we have come to glorify vampirism.

What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.

What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.

Well I think effects are tools.

Well I think effects are tools.

For Devil's Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was...

For Devil's Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was...

I think that The Eye is a particularly Americanized take on horror.

I think that The Eye is a particularly Americanized take on horror.

I think there are movies that are so gigantic that you need a second unit.

I think there are movies that are so gigantic that you need a second unit.

But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The...

But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The...

I'm a lapsed altar boy.

I'm a lapsed altar boy.

Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters.

Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters.