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First of all, I was a wrestling fan when I was young. Even when I figured out what wrestling was, I was still a fan.

Evil hiding among us is an ancient theme.

I don't watch my films. I've seen 'em enough after cutting them and putting the music on. I don't ever want to see them again.

Horror is a reaction; it's not a genre. Somebody's life would have to be in danger for it [story] to be a horror story.

The strongest human emotion is fear. It's the essence of any good thriller that, for a little while, you believe in the boogeyman.

Directing is all about storytelling. It's not about equipment, or anything else.

From a will: And to my communist nephew Oswald, I leave the sum of 10,000 pounds - to be shared equally with his fellow Britishers.

I just aim for basketball season to start. I don't really care about anything else in life.

You have to fight really hard for a private life, and sometimes you don't have one. It just gets to you after a while. It's tough.

In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum.

I can play just about any keyboard but I can't read or write a note.

To make Michael Myers frightening, I had him walk like a man, not a monster.

I enjoyed 'The Avengers.' I couldn't do that kind of movie though. Superheroes aren't my deal.

We all question our sanity. Everyone has had an experience of loss of control of something.

I'm always involved with casting my movies. I have final word on it.

Anybody can make a movie, if you have the will. The digital revolution has made it very inexpensive to make a film. Anybody who wants to can do it.

There are a lot of movies that I don't care about, especially not remakes.

I love making movies.

I had a talent for scoring films. I just developed it.

Halloween put me on the map, and I'm very sad to hear of his death.