Maika Monroe

“It goes without saying that it's important to vote.”

“I think it's good to conquer the fears.”

“'The Shining,' 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'Halloween.' Those are the greats.”

“It fell into my lap. I grew up doing dance classes. And one day, a film production company contacted my dance school looking for background dancers. I wasn't looking for it. It just happened. And I found myself on set. And that was that.”

“My grandma passed away from cancer, and actually, when I was 18, I had an experience with melanoma - it's in the family. I had that experience where everything comes into perspective. It's the weirdest thing, 'cause you're like, 'It will never happen to me,' and when it does, it's like, 'OK, wow.'”

“I've cracked my head open before; I've had some great injuries. So I have to do it on the side now. I cracked my head open kiting before a competition in New Caledonia. The water was shallow, and I missed a trick and hit my head on a rock.”

“I grew up with horror. My dad loves movies, and he passed a lot of them on to me. There's something so fun about them.”

“When I was living in the Dominican Republic, the local kids became a part of my family.”

“There are definitely scripts I start reading, where it doesn't interest me. Maybe it'll be a good movie, but the character doesn't intrigue me.”

“I grew up such a horror fan, it's kinda cool being named 'Scream Queen.' I like that.”

“Surprisingly, I am great at kiteboarding, but I'm not great at surfing.”

“SOLOSHOT is such a brilliant idea and an athlete's dream. It has given me the ability to film myself training without anyone's help - it's perfect because I can go to the beach, set up my SOLOSHOT, and not have to rely on anyone to stand there and film me from the beach for hours.”

“I'm an only child, and we're a close family.”

“They have so many great horror movies made in the '80s. I mean, the old-school horror is so good.”

“For me, I grew up doing kiteboarding where no girls are doing it, and you had to prove yourself. You just had to know that you could do it, too. It's the mentality you had to have to make it. I work hard like anyone else.”

“I love James Brown, and as a baby, I was always dancing to James Brown.”

“There are a lot of times where, filming 'It Follows,' I'm fighting against a guy dressed in a green suit for special effects, and I'm just like, 'No. There's no way this is going to be pulled off.'”

“My dad showed me loads of films when I was young, but I never thought I would be in movies. That didn't seem like a real job to me.”

“I've seen so many scripts, and I want to do everything. Like with kiteboarding, you have to be fearless. I'm not scared.”

“I love horror movies. It's so fun being absolutely terrified. It's damn hard to shoot, though. I didn't realize how difficult it was to make a horror movie as an actor. Physically and mentally, phew.”