I'll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.

The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.

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

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

I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.

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

There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me.