Cassandra Peterson

“Humor is the shock absorber of life; it helps us take the blows.”

“My look is a cocktail. I'm not anyone's dupe. I'm an original.”

“I was a big horror fan, pretty much from birth.”

“If I'm going to be an icon, I'm going to be a fun icon.”

“I am all about empowering women. I am all about telling them to be who they want to be.”

“I think that the character Elvira is a person who's a fish out of water wherever she is. And that's me.”

“I would have been a lot more nervous if I would have known that this was going to be my life's work, but I was just having a good time.”

“People told me I couldn't be funny and sexy. You can't be both. And I said, 'Well, I'm going to try.'”

“I think Halloween has become a party for adults. It's the one time of the year that you can be whatever you want to be.”

“I kind of feel like Elvira is my evil twin.”

“I was a gay icon. I didn't know it. I found out later.”

“Comedy is my first love. I'm a comedian. That's what I am.”

“So, until next time, unpleasant dreams.”

“Being a woman, I was not going to be a victim. I was going to be a powerful woman.”

“It was an overnight success, but it took 10 years.”

“My goal was to be a Las Vegas showgirl. That was my goal. That's what I was going to be.”

“I've always had this thing for 'The Addams Family.' I've always been a fan of dark, spooky, macabre-type stuff.”

“I don't want to be remembered as the girl with the big boobs.”