We don't always get the kind of work we want, but we always have a choice of whether to do it with good grace or not.

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

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".

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

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.

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.