I am not one of those actors who believes he has to live the part he is playing. I can turn it on and off.

The idea of dying and coming back is what makes the Halloween films work.

John and I had a few meetings about what direction the sequel should take. I made some real insane suggestions. True to what you'd expect, he ignored them all and just picked up Halloween II where the original left off.

All the real work is done in the rehearsal period.

At the end of the first Halloween, when I shot 6 bullets into Michael Myers, John Carpenter said, Let's get a shot of you looking out of the window and seeing no one lying there.

Continental directors, as opposed to British and American, tend to be somewhat high-handed in their approach.

I am not one of those actors who believes he has to live the part he is playing. I can turn it on and off.