Quotes

[on the character of Waldemar Daninsky] Quite simply, it's me. The pity is I can't become a werewolf in true life. All too often I would like to. It's obvious that in the works of every man there is much of his true self. Like Waldemar, I too have been left aside and misunderstood. I have spent all my life swimming against the current.

The truth is I didn't create Waldemar Daninsky to make a series of films about him. I guess things just worked out that way.

Marginal characters have always held an appeal for me, the same kind of appeal you find with broken toys. I can readily identify with them; I've felt like a broken toy myself.

Movies, even horror-fantasy movies, can carry real depth of meaning because through fantasy we can convey a deeper message than would appear possible at first sight.

My personality was forged by the war, by my exposure to religion, by a partially frustrated sexuality, by my family and social background, by the people I know, by love and by the ever present shadow of death. All this is reflected in my films as well.

The truth is that Naschy, like the dog in Goya's painting, always swam against the tide.