47 Quotes by Donald Pleasence

It's gotten to the point where it's big news when I don't do a horror film.

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

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.

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.

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 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.

Ultimately, Halloween II was a little too violent for my tastes. It didn't have the intelligent quality and bloodless suspense of the original.

I don't know what I'm going to be doing after this film, but I'll be doing something before long. I just like to work, it's as simple as that.

John Carpenter liked my work, and he needed some kind of name for the picture. The script was good, and I immediately liked John, so I did it.