I haven't spent my entire career playing the guy in the bad hat, although I have to say that the bad guy is frequently much more interesting than the good guy.

You can learn Elvish, if you want. It's a language like Italian and English. You can learn to read it, you can learn to write it, and you can learn to speak it.

Films are now made by accountants. They pick a pretty young female or male face out of the air and give them a part - not because they think that person is right for it or is ready for it, but because they think that person will make them money.

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

What's really important for me is, as an old man, I'm known by my own generation and the next generation know me, too.

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

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.