The Monsters of Hollywood

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We all have a common interest, bigger and more horrible monsters – and I’m just the monster to bring them to you. – William Castle

I’ve never worn a mask in my life, save at Halloween parties. – Lon Chaney

The Wolf Man didn’t want to do all those things—he was forced into them. – Lon Chaney, Jr.

Find something no one else can do, and they’ll begin to take notice of you. – Lon Chaney, Jr.

Some of the most frightening sequences I’ve ever shot are simply a camera dollying up to a strange door and hearing some strange noise—not necessarily a violent noise. – Roger Corman

Who wants to see me do Hamlet? Very few. But millions want to see me as Frankenstein, so that’s the one I do. – Peter Cushing

It is not true that I was born a monster. Hollywood made me one. – Boris Karloff

My dear old monster, I owe everything to him. He’s my best friend. – Boris Karloff

It is women who love horror. Gloat over it. Feed on it. Are nourished by it. Shudder and cling and cry out—and come back for more. Women have a predestination to suffering. – Bela Lugosi

If I had one per cent of the millions Dracula has made, I wouldn’t be sitting here now. – Bela Lugosi

Nobody would be in this business if he were normal. – Vincent Price

It’s hard to make the unbelievable believable, and that’s what we have to do. It’s also hard not to break up while you’re doing it. – Vincent Price

They’ll have to bury me before I retire, and even then my tombstone will read: “I’ll be back.” – Vincent Price

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