When I was playing Dracula I had to switch off from the reality and fall into this fantasy world. Otherwise I just couldn't cope with what I was doing. It's about switching off. It is about trying to flick a switch, which you have to do.
Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy. And in the final tolling it often turns out that the facts are more comforting than the fantasy.
Where I grew up, acting wasn't really accessible. I was just playing sports. But, I did watch a lot of TV. I watched a lot of Clint Eastwood movies on TV and had this fantasy of being like him when I grew up.
There's always been this strand of filmmaking in Britain which is like socialist neo-realism. That's always been there. I've never been part of that, really; I've been much closer to fantasy.
The problem with most genre fantasy is that it's not nearly fantastic enough. It's escapist, but it can't escape.
I loved the world of Oz. I guess as a young man, I was just drawn to fantasy worlds. I liked being transported to alternative realms where a lot of my early imagination was sparked.
I was a big sci-fi fantasy geek when I was younger. . . secretly, in my room.
Dreams that are realistic, often come out of fantasies.
Fantasy is literature for teenagers.
I'm mostly a novelist these days, but I have written short stories in Fantasy, Science Fiction and horror.
Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.
Sometimes you can think that 'I've had enough of wizards!' And sometimes fantasy is not just about wizards.
Mama says I spend too much time in little fantasy worlds and not enough in this one.
MARVEL IS A CORNUCOPIA OF FANTASY, A WILD IDEA , A SWASHBUCKLING ATTITUDE , AN ESCAPE FROM THE HUMDRUM AND PROSAIC. IT'S A SERENDIPITOUS FEAST FOR THE MIND, THE EYE , AND THE IMAGINATION, A LITERATE CELEBRATION OF UNBRIDLED CREATIVITY, COUPLED WITH A TOUCH OF REBELLION AND AN INSOLENT DESIRE TO SPIT IN THE EYE OF THE DRAGON.
I'm probably better known in the US as a YA writer, I have a huge body of adult horror and fantasy behind me.
Fantasy isn't something you run out of.
Being completely in control is a fantasy.
We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.
All real fantasy is serious. Only faked fantasy is not serious. That is why it is so wrong to impose faked fantasy on children.
In a strange city, I connect through food and fantasy.