There are two levels of vampirism: one is the regular vampire, which is just like it has always been; and then there's the super vampires, which are a new breed we've created.

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

For Devil's Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was neurotic on the shoot.

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

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

I'm a lapsed altar boy.

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

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

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

The other thing that I started doing for myself was, I went through my diary of ideas that I keep and made sure that the translation of the comic to the movie was good.

I was directing before I knew it was called that.

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

There are two levels of vampirism: one is the regular vampire, which is just like it has always been; and then there's the super vampires, which are a new breed we've created.

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

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

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

They're getting more and more experience on what to expect, and the Hellboy audience is such a faithful and fanatic audience as I am, and you have to really be very open about what you do.

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

I was part of a group that had a cinema club so every week we would project two or three movies on 16 or 35mm.

But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The Others, Devil's Backbone and The Sixth Sense. It is a return to more gothic atmospheric ghost storytelling.

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

Well I think effects are tools.

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

I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue.

I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don't see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with the rest of cinema.

There is beauty and humility in imperfection.

Take the road less traveled...there's less traffic!

One arrow alone can be easily broken but many arrows are indestructible.

It is better to rust out than wear out.

Of course everybody's thinking evolves over time. Only dead people cease learning, and I am not certified dead yet. So I am still learning.

Vampires are immortal, you can do whatever you want, and get away with it. And there's the seduction part of course, sex is a big part of the vampire thing.

I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet.

In the world's eyes, what they know of me is from the blogs. What they know is from the media.

I like that Pilates compromises the mind and body. It's not just about being able to run around the block a few times. It's about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It's about being balanced.

It's nice to be in a situation where the two books that I write for a sort of regular monthly income are also works that I enjoy immensely, rather than them being some kind of bread and butter, do it because you have to do it.

There are cases when it takes 50 or 100 years for fundamental science to achieve results.

I was born in Queens, New York, which is a suburb of New York City.

It's when you're not looking for anything that something winds up coming along. It's about learning how to be just with yourself and that you don't need to be in a relationship. You don't need anyone to fulfill you.

A chronicle is very different from history proper.

If we didnt have deadlines wed stagnate.

You don't have to wear expensive clothes to look good.

A lot of the physical flirtation with fear I did early on in my career, when I was a much younger person - stuff I wouldn't do now. But I was very interested in the mechanics of risk and fear in those days. And I found out fear pretty much always feels the same, whether it's doing a rock climb or speaking in front of an audience.

I really just want to continue to challenge myself. And I want to continue to grow as an artist. I never want to stop.

I say, don't try to fight your own battles because God will do it.

I get out in my boat and go fishing inshore and offshore.

I think what my hope is is that the only downside of having a steady job on television is, I think for all actors, there's a piece, there's some adrenaline, and part of the love of the job is not knowing what's coming next, and the variety.

The right to bear arms? What about the right to live?

I don't think the folks in the low-tax states really want to go into a fairness discussion. Residents of Connecticut and New York would love to remind them how much they pay in federal taxes to support programs for Mississippi and South Dakota.

If I'm away from painting for a week, I get bored.