Someone asked me yesterday if Dracula met Saruman and there was a fight, who would win. I just looked at this man. What an idiotic thing to say. I mean, really, it was half-witted.

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

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

I've always acknowledged my debt to Hammer. I've always said I'm very grateful to them. They gave me this great opportunity, made me a well-known face all over the world for which I am profoundly grateful.

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

I think that - apart from the fields of science and medicine - we live in an age of decline. Look at the world. There is decline in morals, ideals, manners, respect, truthfulness: just about everything, in fact.

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