Occupation: Film Actor Birth: October 5, 1919 Death: February 2, 1995
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….
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….
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….
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..
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….
I believe you can frighten people without showing their heads caved-in..
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….
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….
John Carpenter created the idea of Halloween, so his vision remains the most focused and intelligently directed of the series. The directors that hav….
I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines..
I think people have a tendency to read into more than there is..
Continental directors, as opposed to British and American, tend to be somewhat high-handed in their approach..
I loved working with Jamie Lee Curtis, and I felt she was a wonderful actress even that early in her career..
The process of building a part doesn't really stop..
The idea of dying and coming back is what makes the Halloween films work..
I'm the sort of actor who likes to talk about what we're going to do..
All the real work is done in the rehearsal period..
What can I tell you about things like Circus of Horrors except that I get killed by the bear?.
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….
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….