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Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.

Bela Lugosi

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.
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Fever Role Vampire
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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Cry Horror Over
Women have a predestination to suffering.
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Predestination Suffering Women
In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
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Necessary Theory Window
If you are not serious, people will sense it.
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People Serious Seriousness
The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.
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Actors Giving Performance
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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Career Law Philosophy
It is women who bear the race in bloody agony. Suffering is a kind of horror. Blood is a kind of horror. Women are born with horror in their very bloodstream. It is a biological thing.
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Agony Blood Race
Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.
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Believe People Personality
To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious.
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Dead Glorious Dies
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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Age Dependent Dimes
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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Play Roles Years
I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
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Art Degrees Years
The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.
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Character Ghouls Romantic Love
When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.
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Company Film Red
A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on the stage.
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Actor Performance Stage

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