I was an altar boy, a spokesperson for the Virgin Mary, I was a choir boy but then at the age of 14 I discovered masturbation and all that went out the window.

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I was directing before I knew it was called that.

I was directing before I knew it was called that.

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.

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.

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,...

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.

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...

Hellboy is the first movie where both ends of the spectrum are combined.

Hellboy is the first movie where both ends of the spectrum are combined.

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

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

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.

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...

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.

I'm a lapsed altar boy.

I'm a lapsed altar boy.

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 was part of a group that had a cinema club so every week we...

I was part of a group that had a cinema club so every week we...

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...

In that, Blade 2 is very much like a rock concert... if it's too loud,...

In that, Blade 2 is very much like a rock concert... if it's too loud,...

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.

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...