I wanted to make an adult vampire film, not something for children.

I've noticed that when people make vampire movies, they're always determining which of the rules they're going to stick to and which they'll abandon.

I didn't plan to be a director until I was 35. For years I wanted to do anything but!

I just want to make something that is true to itself and that interests me; otherwise, how can I have the audacity to think it's going to interest anybody else?

The vampire movies I embraced as a kid used vampirism as a metaphor that expressed deep sadness and a lot of human qualities.

I think the reason vampire movies have been so popular over time is that they share so many parallels with human beings.