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I use myself as the barometer to gauge what is scary. I like to think if something scares me, then there's a very good chance an audience will feel the same way.

It's very difficult to get an audience to be terrified of what's going on. Think about it: You're in a room with so many other people, so for them to be terrified and to care about what's going on on-screen takes a lot of work.

I try not to put pressure on filmmakers to come up with a big scare at the beginning. I think that helps let the audience settle in and get to know the people they're about to spend 90 minutes with. Once the scarier stuff happens, it's scarier because of that.

It's frightening to be facing an audience. There is always the fear of what they think of you, what they are saying about you.

I'm a big fan of being scared I like being scared. I like being involved in a film that will make audiences scared, that intrigues me.

There are some things that as an actor scare you, and if you can capture that fear on screen, it will be interesting.

Showing fear is like having comedic timing because I think actors have a tendency to go way over the top with it, and that sort of loses steam for what's going on. The audience sees right through that and laughs at you, so it is something that I'm aware of.

There's a crazy, false notion that audiences are not patient or will not watch a story, that you have to put in a scare every ten minutes. But I always thought that was insane.

I still get very scared when I step in front of a live audience.

If you're going to be an entertainer, entertain thoroughly. If you're going to make a scary movie, scare people well.