We're all the heroes of our own story, even if other people don't necessarily feel that way.

Despite the fact that Dracula is considered the quintessential villain, Christopher Lee never saw the character that way. Lee played the character in the 1958 film, Horror of Dracula.

"I never thought of him as a vampire, ever," said Lee during an interview with NPR. "I mean, the blood is the life. That's one thing you have to bear in mind. And it is for all of us, isn't it? Here's a man who is immortal. Here is a man who, through being immortal, is a lost soul. Here is a man who experiences the loneliness of evil, something he can't control, who wants to die, but there is a force in him, a malefic force, which drives him to do these terrible things."

Lee went as far as to say that he considers Dracula to be a hero.

"I said earlier the character is heroic," said Lee. "Based on the real man, a war leader and a national hero, I may say, in Romania to this day, Vlad the Impaler. Certainly a bloodthirsty character, without a doubt. I also told you that the character is romantic - so he is, as far as women are concerned, and erotic. And there's, of course, the obvious association with the bite in a sexual sense, if you like. So I tried to put all those particular characteristics into the character. It appears that I succeeded."