Quotes

In a very real sense, I represent pop culture in an iconic way. It's been very good to me, so anything I can do to help the fans to tumble along - it's good.

I love to go home and do the chores and read.

I've always been able to work. I think it's an actor's obligation to keep working if you can.

When you wear a mask and create a character, nothing will pigeonhole you faster.

I've played dinner theaters. I'm a working stiff.

If you're a plumber, you plumb. I'm an actor. I act.

I'm like Madonna: I keep reinventing myself.

I would hate to be a bitter, aging actor.

When 'Family Guy' came along, it was like a gift, and it expanded my fan base.

I come to Comic-Con in San Diego because this is where those fans are - those to whom I owe the longevity of my career.

I was victimized by the old Hollywood typecasting thing. I had to really fight to get out of it, so I was uncomfortable with it.

I've hung on for a long time in this business and had some success, and I think it's keeping an open mind and being curious and having a sense of humor about oneself that's important.

I've always shied away from 'Where are they now?' shows, because I've been lucky enough to keep working, and people know where I am.

You've got a guy in a cape and tights running around fighting crime 24-7; this is not normal. But it worked because the kids loved it and the adults laughed with it.

If you paint a picture and I paint a picture, we each want to do it our own way. And we'll stand or fall on whatever we did.

I'm not a vindictive kind of guy.

I think it's an actor's job, if you can, to keep working and to keep using that muscle. First of all, you've got to pay the bills, but it also helps you develop.

This house I grew up in was built in the 1800s, and the back yard was like a cemetery. Naturally, I grew up in an environment where ghosts and supernatural things were very unnerving to me, because my brothers and I dealt with it on a daily basis.

To me, the thing about anime is that it's so adult-oriented. I remember going to Suncoast growing up, and you see 'Akira' there with the little 'Not for Kids' sticker on it. That always made an impact on me.

I hate it when you are watching a movie where the characters are on the news, and for some reason they shoot it with a 35mm camera or a 4K camera, and they just put it on the TV as if that's the way it would look - it always takes me out of it by putting a filter on certain things. If it's too high quality, you're never gonna buy it.

I love going on IMDb message boards, and there are some hilarious things that go on there - the most negative people on the planet.

'Cloverfield' and 'REC' are great examples of movies that took kind of tired genres, the monster movie and the zombie film, and by filming them in found footage, it was a new perspective. It gives you a whole new take and helps you re-experience that all over again.

The whole Bond thing has gotten so dour with the direction they've been going in, it feels like they need to move back to Pierce Brosnan-style fun Bond again. If they did that, Dan Stevens would be the perfect choice.

I think, as a filmmaker, it's important to be honest with yourself at all times in terms of what's working and what's not.

If we're going to be considered horror filmmakers, we have to prove it not only to ourselves but to the audience that we can actually make something scary.