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
carpenter john liked name needed script
John Carpenter liked my work, and he needed some kind of name for the picture. The script was good, and I immediately liked John, so I did it.
character hands years
It's hard to play a continuing character like Loomis for nearly 11 years and simply wash your hands of him. It seems a pity.
sister guilt firsts
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.
halloween lying bullets
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.
halloween ideas vision
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.
halloween stupid thinking
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.
real halloween insane
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.
halloween firsts made
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.
halloween choices salary
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.
halloween ideas dying
The idea of dying and coming back is what makes the Halloween films work.
directors british approach
Continental directors, as opposed to British and American, tend to be somewhat high-handed in their approach.
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.