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My body grew hot, then cold. I tried to eat the bed sheets. My heart beat madly. Every joint in my body ached. When I took the cure they took it all away from me.

Bela Lugosi

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

Company Film Red
If you are not serious, people will sense it.
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People Serious Seriousness
I have never met a vampire personally, but I don’t know what might happen tomorrow.
BELA LUGOSI

Ghouls might Vampires
Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
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Acting Enthusiasm Martyrdom
People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties… they live like ants.
BELA LUGOSI

Life People Thinking
Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
BELA LUGOSI

Done Roles Stage
I will not be tortured! I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!
BELA LUGOSI

Myself Tears Torture
Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn’t stand it.
BELA LUGOSI

Freak Reduce Stand
In the studio the director controls the actor’s every move, every inflection, every expression.
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Director Expression Moving
I’ve been using narcotics for 20 years.
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Narcotics Twenty Year Years
To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.
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Take Winning Women
Death, the final, triumphant lover.
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Finals Lovers Triumphant
The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.
BELA LUGOSI

Bites Happen Irresistible Tomorrow
I’ll take any story if it’s good.
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Any Good Stories Take
Every producer in Hollywood had set me down as a type. I was both amused and disappointed.
BELA LUGOSI

Amusement Hollywood Type
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.
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Stage Technique Thousand

My body grew hot, then cold. I tried to eat the bed sheets. My heart beat madly. Every joint in my body ached. When I took the cure they took it all away from me.

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My body grew hot, then cold. I tried to eat the bed sheets. My heart beat madly. Every joint in my body ached. When I took the cure they took it all away from me.

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