Meanwhile, I had planned to go west and get a teaching job, or do that along with some work in Hollywood, such as television or film.

I went over there to get a classical training and discovered that Canadians, because they are British subjects, are able to work without a permit.

Twice I had been stopped by these jobs, and I thought the role on Dark Shadows would go on for about three or four weeks. And then, the phenomenon began, the role caught on, the mail started to flood in.

It took so much of the tension out of me that my friends and family won't see me on this show.

I'm interested in what makes ordinary people, like yourself, tick the way you do. And the way I tick. And the way somebody else ticks.

I never pushed to be on television again.

I have this cozy house here and I get three pensions from the States. I've done nicely.