Donald Pleasence
Donald Pleasence
Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE was an English film, television, and stage actor. His most notable film roles include psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis in most of the Halloween series, the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film You Only Live Twice, RAF Flight Lieutenant Colin Blythe in The Great Escape and George in Cul-de-sac...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth5 October 1919
directors british approach
Continental directors, as opposed to British and American, tend to be somewhat high-handed in their approach.
believe people believe-you-can
I believe you can frighten people without showing their heads caved-in.
character use lines
I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines.
careers actresses wonderful
I loved working with Jamie Lee Curtis, and I felt she was a wonderful actress even that early in her career.
character building-up goes-on
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.
circus bears horror
What can I tell you about things like Circus of Horrors except that I get killed by the bear?
running winning race
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.
hero
I'm hardly physically right for the hero parts, now am I?
actors likes
I'm the sort of actor who likes to talk about what we're going to do.
building process
The process of building a part doesn't really stop.
thinking people tendencies
I think people have a tendency to read into more than there is.
real done rehearsal
All the real work is done in the rehearsal period.
character thinking play
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...
careers hopeless film
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.