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

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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...

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'm a lapsed altar boy.

I'm a lapsed altar boy.

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.

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...

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.

I was directing before I knew it was called that.

I was directing before I knew it was called that.

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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 started when I was eight, doing super 8 films.

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

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'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,...

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...