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" I have the normal complement of anxieties, neuroses, psychoses and whatever else - but I'm absolutely nothing special. "

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" 'Hellraiser' was what 'Hellraiser' was. It was a $900k movie, and there wasn't anything I would have done differently. But 'Nightbreed' was taken away from me. It was thought that its meaning wasn't... Its meaning didn't chime with the producers. "

" Pinhead needed to say goodbye. He had a farewell speech to make. It was truly as simple as that. "

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" Nobody cares for the product I, and a host of other horror directors, make. "

" There's a lot of art and comics and movies being paid homage to by game designers. "

" As for theatre, there's ups and downs to everything. Theatre is ephemeral. But that is part of its charm because you can always say the production was better than it was. "

" When I was looking for financing while making 'Hellraiser,' I wish there was a studio like Project Greenlight Digital Studios behind me. "

" Be regular and orderly in your life, that you may be violent and original in your work. "

" Some people think that horror films are some sort of second class filmmaking, and the only way to bypass that thinking is being proud of the fact that we do it. "

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