- [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.
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