Donald Pleasence

The idea of dying and coming back is what makes the Halloween films work. ↗

— Donald Pleasence

#coming #dying #films #halloween #idea

All the real work is done in the rehearsal period. ↗

— Donald Pleasence

#period #real #real work #rehearsal #work

I believe you can frighten people without showing their heads caved-in. ↗

— Donald Pleasence

#frighten #heads #i #i believe #people

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

#choice #could #earnings #figured #film

I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines. ↗

— Donald Pleasence

#any #character #even #i #i do

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

#blood #different #direction #going #halloween

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

#carpenter #end #first #get #halloween

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

#career #definitely #films #hopelessly #horror

Continental directors, as opposed to British and American, tend to be somewhat high-handed in their approach. ↗

— Donald Pleasence

#approach #british #continental #directors #opposed

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

#believes #i #i am #i can #live