English - Actor | October 5, 1919 - February 2, 1995
I don't really know how many films I've done, and I don't look at this as a race that I necessarily want to win. Nor is it a race that I want to stop running.
Donald Pleasence
WinLookStopKnowDoneWant
I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines.
CharacterLinesEvenSetMethods
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.
CharacterTimeMyselfI AmTheatre
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.
CharacterTimeBuildingProcessFeel
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.
LiveI AmI CanTurnPlayingOff
The process of building a part doesn't really stop.
BuildingProcessStopPartReally
I'm hardly physically right for the hero parts, now am I?
HeroNowRightPartsAmPhysically
The first Halloween was very well made. The second one was also well made, though I didn't like it as well as the first one. The third one had nothing to do with the series at all and perhaps shouldn't have been made at all.
NothingFirstWellBeenLikeMade
I believe you can frighten people without showing their heads caved-in.
PeopleBelieveYouI BelieveWithout
I'm the sort of actor who likes to talk about what we're going to do.
ActorTalkGoingWhoLikesSort
Continental directors, as opposed to British and American, tend to be somewhat high-handed in their approach.
AmericanBritishApproachDirectors
I think people have a tendency to read into more than there is.
PeopleThinkMoreReadThanI Think
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