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" One of the pleasures of the original 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' is how incredibly ghastly they are. The ugly sisters have their eyes pecked out by crows. "

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" I think one of the few faults in Dickens is that mostly his lead characters are blanks - who is David Copperfield, who is Oliver Twist? And yet he takes such joy in populating the rest of his novels with these fantastic, grotesque people like Pecksmith and so on. "

" I think a lot of people who say they are bisexual aren't. "

" Slightly forgettable movies can sometimes make great musicals. "

" I love going to galleries, particularly the National Portrait Gallery. "

" For some reason, I always get offered plays when I'm doing plays and then, if I stop doing them, people stop asking me. "

" I'm an actor and a writer, that's how I think of myself. Sometimes my time is divided equally, sometimes less equally, but that's what I do. "

" They are called 'Emos' now, and before that they were 'Goths.' They didn't have a name for it when I was one, but I was that black-wearing teenager and yes, I wore a little eyeliner. "

" I'm terribly nostalgic, but I'm with the Elizabethans who thought nostalgia was a disease. It's a dangerous place to be because you can get caught up in it. "

" Fear is an underrated emotion. And that's why I think it's very dangerous to try and cosset children from it. A healthy scare is as good as as a healthy laugh. In fact, they're two sides of the same coin. There is a desire to shield from the knocks and bumps of reality. "

" I grew up with low self-esteem. I didn't think I was very pretty. I had glasses, red hair and was generally quite a spod. "

" All films speak to their times. It becomes obvious only after. "

" 'Son of Frankenstein' is never talked about in the same tone as James Whale's 1931 'Frankenstein.' But it should be. It was Boris Karloff's last appearance in the Frankenstein series and stars Donnie Dunagan, then a child actor. "

" I am a gay man who loves James Bond films and snooker - all kinds of working-class pursuits. "

" I don't care what other people think any more about me writing my own parts. "

" Sci-fi and fantasy used to be a TV staple throughout my childhood. Then it just stopped dead. It was seen as culty, a minority interest. "

" The question I ask myself is: have I really just become a squeamish middle-aged man, or has something happened to the horror genre that shows a growing appetite for watching torture, or at least a desire to explore it on film? And if so, why would that be? I can't pretend I know. I just know I don't like it. "

" Grooming-wise, it is now a constant battle as I progressively turn into my father. I have to keep on top of ear and nose hair - things you never believe will happen to you. Suddenly I have a shaving brush in my ear and I don't know where it's come from, and the more hair I take the out, the more it surges back. "

" It's a cliche, but it's true that all the fun lies in baddies, grotesques and comic roles. "

" I love the Shakespeare history plays; I love the struggle for the crown as a plot. "