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I always wanted to play a monster, and I also wanted to work with Wes Craven.

Wes Craven is obviously a horror film icon so I was definitely very interested in bringing something back to life that Wes had created.

Wes Craven is a wonderful friend, and we had a really good time together.

This sounds really craven on some level, but on some level, a lot of what I'm doing is trying to not do a typical TV show.

I love Carpenter, I love Craven - these are all the classics - the Romeros of the world, but I think the biggest influence on me as a storyteller and as a filmmaker is actually Steven Spielberg. I love that even though Steven isn't known for being a horror director, he started out his career making scary movies.

I watch movies all the time, so it's hard to pick certain specific directors that have inspired me in the aggregate.

I certainly wouldn't want to be the man who was compared to John Ritter through my eyes.

Ex-Fidelity mutual fund manager Peter Lynch was certainly brilliant in one respect: he knew to get out when the gettin' was good.

Norman Lear is my all-time, ultimate hero. He's an amazing man. That's one person I'm looking forward to meeting. What he did, with shows and sitcoms, he's my hero.

I admire David Lynch so much, and I think he made some bad decisions with Lost Highway.