Watching a movie for the first time is a flirt. Rewatching it, is a date.

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

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 a world where we are so pragmatic and materialistic, fear is the only emotion that allows even a sophisticated person to believe in something beyond.

You only find yourself when you disobey. Disobedience is the beginning of responsibility, I think.

The butterfly does not look back upon its caterpillar self, either fondly or wistfully; it simply flies on.

If you're not operating on an instinctive level, you're not an artist.... Reason over emotion is bullshit, absolute bullshit... We suffocate ourselves in rules. I find fantasy liberating.

I have a sort of a fetish for insects, clockwork, monsters, dark places, and unborn things

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

You have to believe the magic to see it.

Night is real. Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darkness.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

I don't have to be the smartest person in the room, I just have to be in the room.

I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyretechnics associated with us

My very first acting role was Tiny Tim in 'A Christmas Carol.'

Good people drink good beer.

When love is absent, then there is fear, and in my opinion you should lead your entire life through love.

A good memory, which nature has endowed us with, causes things long past to seem present.

I love my home, just playing games and just sleeping. No matter where you go, nothing is better than sleeping.

I suppose I should understand it [fame] better by this point, but I really don't.

We should develop a deep appreciation for all the we have, and not waste it, otherwise we'll die with deep regrets.