Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he'd be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.
You can't make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.
I've been using narcotics for 20 years.
The role seemed to demand that I keep myself worked up to fever pitch, so I took on the actual attributes of the horrible vampire, Dracula.
It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
The stage is near and dear to me.