I'd grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14, someone told me that it was called directing.

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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 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 was directing before I knew it was called that.

I was directing before I knew it was called that.

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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,...

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...

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

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

I'm a lapsed altar boy.

I'm a lapsed altar boy.

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.

Well I think effects are tools.

Well I think effects are tools.

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.

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 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.

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.