I didn't want to be known as a man who only made horror films. I made some - very few.

I don't play long parts. They must be short parts, but they've got to be parts that mean something, that matter, where people will notice when I'm on the screen, and people will remember the character after they've seen the film.

The secret to a long marriage in the film industry? Marry someone wonderful, as I did. And always have her come along on location.

The saddest country I went to was Romania, years ago, during Ceausescu's rule.

Acting as a profession came to me by chance: in 1946, after the war, I was having lunch with my cousin, who was the Italian ambassador, and he asked, 'What are you going to do now you're out of uniform?' I said, 'I'm pretty inventive, and I can imitate people,' and he said, 'Have you thought about being an actor?'

To be a legend, you've either got to be dead or excessively old.

Once asked if he felt wearied by the constant onslaught of autograph seekers, actor Gregory Peck replied that he would be more worried when they stopped asking.