Every actor's greatest ambition is to create his own, definite and original role, a character with which he will always be identified. In my case, that role was Dracula.

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.

To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.

Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn't stand it.

Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.

Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.

When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.