I Had A Talent For Scoring Films;

When I Got Into The Movie Business, Working With Actors Was The One Thing I Was Really Weak At. I Didn't Know What To Say To Actors. They Scared Me And Intimidated Me. The Actors That I've Worked With Who Have Had A Lot Of Experience, Or Who I've Even Grown Up Watching As A Kid, Were Really Scary. I Was Like, "what Am I Going To Say To This Person?" But, I've Matured. It's Fun. I Understand What Actors Do Now.

Horror Stories Have Always Worked On Film. It's Where They Work. That's Where Vampires And Ghosts And Ufos Are Real. They're Not Particularly Real In Life, But They're Real On The Screen. It's The Communal Aspect Of Movie-watching.

I'm Pretty Happy With Who I Am. I Like Myself And What I'm Doing. I Don't Need To Be The World's Greatest Director Or The Most Famous -- Or The Richest. I Don't Need To Make A Whole Lot Of Great Films. I Can Do My Job And I Can Do It Pretty Well. This Is The Realization I've Come To, Later In Life. It's Called Growing Up.

I Have Two Different Categories Of Favorite Films. One Is The Emotional Favorites, Which Means These Are Generally Films That I Saw When I Was A Kid; Anything You See In Your Formative Years Is More Powerful, Because It Really Stays With You Forever. The Second Category Is Films That I Saw While I Was Learning The Craft Of Motion Pictures.

I Stopped Directing In 2001 For - Oh, Damn - Four Or Five Years, Until I Did The Tv Series 'masters Of Horror.' I Had Been Working Steadily As A Director Since 1970. That's A Long Time. I Was Burned Out.