Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
BELA LUGOSITo win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.
More Bela Lugosi Quotes
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If you are not serious, people will sense it.
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If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers.
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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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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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Every producer in Hollywood had set me down as a type. I was both amused and disappointed.
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I never drink… wine.
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To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
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I’ll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.
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People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties… they live like ants.
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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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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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I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
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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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I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?
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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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