You can't make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.

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In the studio the director controls the actor's every move, every inflection, every expression.

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I enjoy my work. I haven't been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession.

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The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.

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If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers.

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The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.

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Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.

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It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role.

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Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.

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It is women who love horror. Gloat over it. Feed on it. Are nourished by it. Shudder and cling and cry out-and come back for more.

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