Donald Pleasence Quotes

What can I tell you about things like Circus of Horrors except that I get killed by the bear?

The process of creation goes on all the time. When I get through, I feel I know what the character will do in every situation. But the building up of the part is not mechanical or deliberate. It grows out of the text.

The process of building a part doesn’t really stop.

The play is on top of me all the time, and I am constantly thinking about it. Even when I leave the theatre, I’ll mumble the lines to myself or think about the way the character walks or holds himself.

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

Loomis has always felt himself responsible for the fact that he did not stop Michael when he first murdered his sister, and so he’s got that guilt to live with.