I created Leatherface and the original Chainsaw. It's still my baby. The history books can't separate Tobe Hooper and Leatherface. I'm happy to see my little boy back at it.

I did a lot of commercials in Austin-I made about 60 commercials. Then I started making documentaries.

I grew up in hotels, my Dad was in the hotel business and I always wanted to make a film in a hotel, a Hollywood horror film.

Big crowds have always gotten to me.

I don't believe in using too much graphic violence, although I've done it. It's better to be suggestive and to allow the viewer to fill in the blanks in their minds.

I don't know when the Return of the Living Dead are happening. That's been on the Internet for years.

I had worked so hard for so long that I developed a speech impediment. It happens when I get tired.

I love music and I enjoy creating sounds. I got into making music when I was a child, starting with the spoons and the koto before moving onto the piano.

I didn't know that much about the system back then, but I knew you needed to set off a big skyrocket-have a star or something.