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People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties… they live like ants.

Bela Lugosi

I never drink… wine.
BELA LUGOSI

Drink never Wine
I’ll take any story if it’s good.
BELA LUGOSI

Any Good Stories Take
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.
BELA LUGOSI

Hell People Umpires
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.
BELA LUGOSI

Stage Technique Thousand
Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
BELA LUGOSI

Acting Enthusiasm Martyrdom
If you are not serious, people will sense it.
BELA LUGOSI

People Serious Seriousness
When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.
BELA LUGOSI

Company Film Red
That is different, to have someone think that I am evil when I really am not.
BELA LUGOSI

Different Evil Thinking
Women have a predestination to suffering.
BELA LUGOSI

Predestination Suffering Women
Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
BELA LUGOSI

Done Roles Stage
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.
BELA LUGOSI

Cry Horror Over
The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.
BELA LUGOSI

Character Ghouls Romantic Love
Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
BELA LUGOSI

Actors Capitalist States
The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.
BELA LUGOSI

Actors Giving Performance
I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
BELA LUGOSI

Art Degrees Years
In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
BELA LUGOSI

Necessary Theory Window

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