We knew that there was a certain kind of interest in Whale among a genre crowd.

I wanted to make connections between Whale's past and present.

There's no question that Whale's movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful.

We made connections between the monsters created by war and the monsters he created, the typical outcast that Whale was attracted to, and the monster in himself, that's inside all of us.

It is interesting to be here and to see that for certain actors they have to live in a way that you think of nobody living anymore except for in small towns. They have such elaborate double lives.

We knew he'd be a great attraction, and he really excites the crowd.