I have played Dracula a thousand times on stage and I find I have become thoroughly settled in the technique of the stage and not of the screen.
It is women who love horror. Gloat over it. Feed on it. Are nourished by it. Shudder and cling and cry out-and come back for more.
My body grew hot, then cold. I tried to eat the bed sheets. My heart beat madly. Every joint in my body ached. When I took the cure they took it all away from me.
I have never met a vampire personally, but I don't know what might happen tomorrow.
The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.
It is women who bear the race in bloody agony. Suffering is a kind of horror. Blood is a kind of horror. Women are born with horror in their very bloodstream. It is a biological thing.
Of all the roles I've done on the stage, I'm partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
