I didn't have an affinity for horror. But I knew that commercially it was viable.

I feel that man can transcend himself to a point where he can accomplish greater things than he thinks.

Our dreams make us large.

Any kind of music can be written badly and it can be written wonderfully. I admire a top performer in any field.

There were very strict social conventions, and you adhered to it, and I think it gave you a lot of character. When a man said something, he meant it. He wasn't kidding around. There were no jokes involved. Nobody was in the mood to joke unless you hit a guy with a baseball bat.

I've never done anything half-heartedly; it's a disservice to me and the audience if I do it half-heartedly.

I'm a guy who had to perform some way. I had to perform in some way. If not as an actor, I'd perform as an artist. It would have been something that would be outstanding in its own way.