Donald Pleasence Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches



Donald Pleasence Quotes and Sayings


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    All the real work is done in the rehearsal period. Donald Pleasence | Refcard PDF
  • 2
    At the end of the first Halloween, when I shot 6 bullets into Michael Myers, John Carpenter said, Let's get a shot of you looking out of the window and seeing no one lying there. Donald Pleasence | Refcard PDF
  • 3
    At this point in my career, it doesn't bother me much that I'm probably hopelessly typecast. I like to work, and horror films definitely keep me working. Donald Pleasence | Refcard PDF
  • 4
    Continental directors, as opposed to British and American, tend to be somewhat high-handed in their approach. Donald Pleasence | Refcard PDF
  • 5
    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. Donald Pleasence | Refcard PDF
  • 6
    I believe you can frighten people without showing their heads caved-in. Donald Pleasence | Refcard PDF
  • 7
    I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines. Donald Pleasence | Refcard PDF
  • 8
    I do think the story in Halloween 5 is a bit stupid, and there's a lot more blood. They're obviously going to take the Halloween series in a different direction. Donald Pleasence | Refcard PDF
  • 9
    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 | Refcard PDF
  • 10
    I loved working with Jamie Lee Curtis, and I felt she was a wonderful actress even that early in her career. Donald Pleasence | Refcard PDF
  • 11
    I think people have a tendency to read into more than there is. Donald Pleasence | Refcard PDF
  • 12
    I was offered a choice of a flat salary up front or a percentage of the film's future earnings. I took the up front money. Nobody could have figured what Halloween would ultimately become. Donald Pleasence | Refcard PDF
  • 13
    I'm hardly physically right for the hero parts, now am I? Donald Pleasence | Refcard PDF
  • 14
    I'm the sort of actor who likes to talk about what we're going to do. Donald Pleasence | Refcard PDF
  • 15
    It's gotten to the point where it's big news when I don't do a horror film. Donald Pleasence | Refcard PDF
  • 16
    John and I had a few meetings about what direction the sequel should take. I made some real insane suggestions. True to what you'd expect, he ignored them all and just picked up Halloween II where the original left off. Donald Pleasence | Refcard PDF
  • 17
    John Carpenter created the idea of Halloween, so his vision remains the most focused and intelligently directed of the series. The directors that have followed have kept the original intent of the concept. Donald Pleasence | Refcard PDF
  • 18
    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. Donald Pleasence | Refcard PDF
  • 19
    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. Donald Pleasence | Refcard PDF
  • 20
    The idea of dying and coming back is what makes the Halloween films work. Donald Pleasence | Refcard PDF
  • 21
    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. Donald Pleasence | Refcard PDF
  • 22
    The process of building a part doesn't really stop. Donald Pleasence | Refcard PDF
  • 23
    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. Donald Pleasence | Refcard PDF
  • 24
    What can I tell you about things like Circus of Horrors except that I get killed by the bear? Donald Pleasence | Refcard PDF

 

  

  

 

  

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