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 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 thing I have always tried to do is surprise people, to present them with something they didn't expect.

Comedy is the most difficult thing to do. Easily the most difficult.

In Britain, any degree of success is met with envy and resentment.

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 love Chicago. It is my new favorite city. It is the perfect place to do any kind of theater.