Cassandra Peterson Quotes

Since I always go to work as Elvira, maybe a giant version of a cat. A black cat. I love cats and I think Elvira would look really good sitting on one.

If I retire doing the character, I don't think the character has to retire. There will still be caricatures of Elvira. You know, Dracula still works, and he's dead.

I love the old movies from my past, when I was growing up. I just have a special place in my heart for them. They kind of feel like comfort food to me, so watching them is just cozy and warm.

Horror, for me, has to involve some sort of fantasy. Horror is something that is in your dreams or your nightmares.

When I was into The Beatles, I cut my hair into a Beatle haircut, which looked so ridiculously stupid with my little cat-eye glasses that I wore.

Actually, when I was little I even dreamed about riding a black cat.

If ever there was a holiday that deserves to be commercialized, it's Halloween. We haven't taken it away from kids. We've just expanded it so that the kid in adults can enjoy it, too.

I knew I would grow up and wear a costume one day, and that's exactly what happened.

I've probably said a million times in my life something about, "All those people are just lemmings. They'd follow each other off a cliff." Well, no such thing.

I ended up spending some time with Jimi Hendrix and hanging out with him, and that was beyond awesome.

Luckily, it's one of my favorite movies [ Night Of The Living Dead]. I never get tired of watching it.

When I was a kid... I don't know which was more embarrassing, when I was really into The Beatles or when I was a hippie.

I would just think that I would remember modeling for the cover of an album with Tom Waits, who I've always loved.

I just count myself really lucky to have a career that I love and that continues to pay my rent.

The labor part wasn't so great, but seeing [my daughter] for the first time was pretty awesome. I mean, how does it get better than another actual person popping out of your stomach, you know?

It's in the public domain. That's one of the reasons I do it so much. But luckily, it's a brilliant film [ Night Of The Living Dead]. Every horror aficionado must see that film at least once.

At least I get my little black dress cleaned once in awhile.

There are a lot of other movies I've done multiple times, like Werewolf Of Washington, where I really get tired of watching it.

I sort of don't remember anything I did in the '70s.

I remember the '60s, I remember the '80s, but somehow I went directly from the '60s to the '80s.

The best was The Yardbirds. I still love The Yardbirds and The Zombies.

I loved Wilson Pickett, so I just went on from there. I became sort of a semi-groupie because, I don't know, I got bitten by the music bug.

[Brian Hyland autograph] was what got me started on going to concerts, because from then on, I was at every concert for everybody.

When I was a kid, my favorite after-school snack was hominy and pickled pigs feet.

It's weird. I guess I got so used to [g-strings] when I was really young that I just couldn't stand it anymore.

One of my favorite people I got to meet was my childhood idol, Vincent Price. I got to not only meet him, but become friendly with him before he passed away.

I felt like I kind of got to know [Elvis Presley], and got a little peek inside what was going on there. That was pretty amazing.

I would love to do something like 'Tosh.0,' where I host Internet clips. I did host 'Talk Soup,' which is similar. I love doing that, making fun of video clips on the Internet.

I love, love, love music - have since I was a kid, and I'm still really into music - and I became a singer because I was too stupid to learn how to play an instrument, I guess.

When Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark came out, I got to go to Japan and Australia and France, Italy, Germany, everywhere with the movie. That was great, because I love traveling.

I always say there are no coincidences.

[Vincent Price] taught me how to cook fish in my dishwasher.

One of the things that's kind of persistent is that I am the model on the cover of Tom Waits' album, Small Change.

A lot of people bring it to me at conventions. At first I was going, "I can't sign that. That's not me." And now I just say, "Eh, whatever."

I hate to sound cliché, but it would probably be the day my daughter was born. That was a pretty amazing experience.

I got to do the Rose Bowl Parade - which is the largest parade in America - with a float. That was a fun opportunity.

I believed that lemmings really jump off of cliffs.

I was your typical struggling actress. I went to every audition, took a million acting, dancing and singing lessons and spent years wondering where my next meal was coming from.

People always say, 'Who is your audience?' and I could never put a finger on it - and I wouldn't want to put a finger on it.

I vaguely remember doing [all my] photo sessions, but definitely there were some surprises there for me.

I have a lot of good days I'd like to relive, but that [ the day my daughter was born] was one that's still with me.

I can't stand VPL, visible panty line. So I'm wondering how many other people out there are wearing thongs.

[I] go to the Golden Globes, the Grammys, all the awards shows. Just stuff you would never get to do as a regular person were things that were really exciting for me.

I just chased bands all over the country. The biggest one I saw was Jimi Hendrix.

I do not remember the '70s, for who-knows-what-all reasons.

I was a complete mod and had to wear mod clothes and have a Beatle haircut, and I tried to talk in a Liverpool accent.

It certainly changes your life. So that may be a cliché, but I think any woman would say that [day when her baby born] would have been the most special day of their life.

I have a lot of good days I'd like to relive.

Ive made a career off of Halloween.

I am very, very anti-slasher.