Occupation: Film Actor Birth: October 5, 1919 Death: February 2, 1995
I think people have a tendency to read into more than there is..
I am not one of those actors who believes he has to live the part he is playing. I can turn it on and off..
I loved working with Jamie Lee Curtis, and I felt she was a wonderful actress even that early in her career..
I don't really know how many films I've done, and I don't look at this as a race that I necessarily want to win. Nor is it a race that I want to stop….
The process of building a part doesn't really stop..
Continental directors, as opposed to British and American, tend to be somewhat high-handed in their approach..
The play is on top of me all the time, and I am constantly thinking about it. Even when I leave the theatre, I'll mumble the lines to myself or think….
I believe you can frighten people without showing their heads caved-in..
I was offered a choice of a flat salary up front or a percentage of the film's future earnings. I took the up front money. Nobody could have figured ….
At the end of the first Halloween, when I shot 6 bullets into Michael Myers, John Carpenter said, Let's get a shot of you looking out of the window a….
All the real work is done in the rehearsal period..
At this point in my career, it doesn't bother me much that I'm probably hopelessly typecast. I like to work, and horror films definitely keep me work….
The first Halloween was very well made. The second one was also well made, though I didn't like it as well as the first one. The third one had nothin….
John and I had a few meetings about what direction the sequel should take. I made some real insane suggestions. True to what you'd expect, he ignored….
I'm the sort of actor who likes to talk about what we're going to do..
John Carpenter created the idea of Halloween, so his vision remains the most focused and intelligently directed of the series. The directors that hav….
What can I tell you about things like Circus of Horrors except that I get killed by the bear?.
I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines..
I do think the story in Halloween 5 is a bit stupid, and there's a lot more blood. They're obviously going to take the Halloween series in a differen….
The process of creation goes on all the time. When I get through, I feel I know what the character will do in every situation. But the building up of….
The idea of dying and coming back is what makes the Halloween films work..