Every actor has to make terrible films from time to time, but the trick is never to be terrible in them.

There was a gap of seven years between the first and second Dracula movies. In the second one as everybody knows, I didn't speak, because I said I couldn't say the lines.

I thought that people should know about the dangers of Satanism, and diabolism does exist - there's no question about it.

I was once asked what I thought was the most disquieting thing you could see on the screen and I said, "An open door".

My favourite country is Finland because once you get to a certain point, you can drive for hours without seeing a single person. I love peace and quiet - something I don't get very often.

Every actor has to make terrible films from time to time, but the trick is never to be terrible in them.

When I first read Lord of the Rings I wanted to see a film of it. But at that time the technology wasn't there, there was no such thing as CGI.