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The role seemed to demand that I keep myself worked up to fever pitch, so I took on the actual attributes of the horrible vampire, Dracula. (Bela Lugosi)
It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom. View quote
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I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person. View quote
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The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success. View quote
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Of all the roles I've done on the stage, I'm partial to Cyrano de Bergerac. View quote
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Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state. View quote
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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. View quote
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I have played Dracula a thousand times on stage and I find I have become thoroughly settled in the technique of the stage and not of the screen. View quote
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You can't make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek. View quote
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I never play without my cape. View quote
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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. (Bela Lugosi)
Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy. View quote
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If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers. View quote
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When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same. View quote
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I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree. View quote
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Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he'd be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman. View quote
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I'll take any story if it's good. View quote
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I have lived too completely, I think. I have known every human emotion. View quote
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In Hungary acting is a profession. In America it is a decision. View quote
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Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn't stand it. View quote
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I enjoy my work. I haven't been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession. (Bela Lugosi)
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. View quote
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I've been using narcotics for 20 years. View quote
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I've lived here for 20 years and I have been a citizen for 10 years. I hope I am a good one. I know I don't take it for granted. I feel I am an awfully lucky person to be an American and I think that every naturalized American and every person born in this land should kneel on his knees every morning and utter a prayer for being an American. View quote
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It is a peculiar role in many respects, when you see the play Dracula seems to be constantly on the stage. A casual glance would indicate that he speaks as many lines as Hamlet. Yet, as a matter of fact, the number of ‘sides' is small. The professor really has a great many more. But, if Count Dracula is not particularly chatty, he presents other difficulties. I find that it requires time and meditation to catch the mood of the character; each performance must be approached with some care. The result is that one doesn't weary of the part. View quote
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