When you're playing a tough guy, all the other guys want to be tough right back at you and it amps them up.

A vampire is very easy; you just take a very good-looking actor, put some teeth on them, make them pale, and you're there.

When I was a kid I was really into horror films. I watched every single horror film that came out in the 80s.

When a horror movie is well done, I love it and I put it up in esteem with any other genre.

Number one rule in Hollywood is to maintain relationships with successful people, and you may find yourself involved in some very cool projects.

It's important to continue to change and evolve in the way that the comics change and evolve.

All sizes of film sets have the same level of excitement and friction and tension and then vast sections of boredom that define the process, so I love it all.

To turn a human being into a part-canine or lupine creature takes a good deal of artistry and money.

I think American Werewolf in London is the greatest werewolf movie of all time.

You can argue that the Terminator movies reboot their world each time they go back in time, but that doesn't negate the value of Terminator 1 and 2. So I don't really feel that way.

Comic books, if you're adapting a comic book - like X-Men, for example - you've got 40 years of amazing stories to dig into, things that incredible artists have been thinking about for decades.

You rob yourself of reaching your maximum potential and the best chance of success when you try to succeed alone.

If we can't alter the tide of events, at least we can be nearby with towels to mop up.

Success is the byproduct of desires, purpose-oriented actions, and persistence.

Often I'll go outside and just place my hands on the soil, even if there's no work to do on it. When I am filled with worries, I do that and I can feel the energy of the mountains and of the trees.

A zombie amusement park sounds like fun, but the health code violations alone are enough to turn your stomach.

Meditation helps you do less and accomplish more.

There is something wrong with you if you don't get angry about something.

Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.

I linger on the flathouse roof, the moonlight is divine. But my heart is all aflutter like the washing on the line.

I'm not a Hillary Clinton defender. I'm a Hillary Clinton promoter.