[on working with older, established stars in his horror pictures] Vincent [
Vincent Price] started out during serious stuff [ . . . ] [
Bela Lugosi] had been a serious dramatic actor in Europe, and
Basil Rathbone had been a stage actor. Rathbone had no humor; he was in a couple of our pictures. Vincent had a lot of humor, and so did
Peter Lorre--he was really my favorite.