I'm a philanthropist: I give people what they want. People love being horrified, terrified.

In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.

I never said actors were cattle. All I said is that actors should be treated as cattle.

In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don't want their villain to be thrown at them with green limeligh…

The monsters act out our rage. They act on their worst impulses, which is appealing to a certain part of us. They get punished for it, but we've enjoyed the sp…

'What the hell do I want to go to a place like Mombassa?... I just see myself in a pot of boiling water with all these natives dancing around me.'

For some of us it now embodies a mildly prurient voyeurism, but those who stay tuned claim it offers real insights into people's lives.