Bela Lugosi Quotes
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The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.
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I'll take any story if it's good.
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In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy.
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It was hell to go through what I went through. I didn't know I had so many friends. Many people gave a damn about my situation. They helped cure me.
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It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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I enjoy my work. I haven't been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession.
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The stage is near and dear to me.
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You can't make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.
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It is women who love horror. Gloat over it. Feed on it. Are nourished by it. Shudder and cling and cry out-and come back for more.
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Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.
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The screen magnifies everything, even the way you are thinking.
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Supernatural perhaps...baloney, perhaps not!
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Death, the final, triumphant lover.
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I have lived too completely. I think I have known every human emotion.
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I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
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I've been using narcotics for 20 years.
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Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn't stand it.
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I never drink... wine.
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To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.
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It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role.
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When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.
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I have never met a vampire personally, but I don't know what might happen tomorrow.
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There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me.
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Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.
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I never play without my cape.
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If you are not serious, people will sense it.
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I don't have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension.
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Every producer in Hollywood had set me down as a type. I was both amused and disappointed.
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In the studio the director controls the actor's every move, every inflection, every expression.
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I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.
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