The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.
BELA LUGOSIThe 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.
More Bela Lugosi Quotes
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To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.
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You can’t make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.
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I have never met a vampire personally, but I don’t know what might happen tomorrow.
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I’d like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.
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People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties… they live like ants.
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Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
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Women have a predestination to suffering.
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I’ve been using narcotics for 20 years.
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To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
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I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?
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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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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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I guess I’m pretty much of a lone wolf. I don’t say I don’t like people at all, but, to tell you the truth, I only like it then if I have a chance to look deep into their hearts and their minds.
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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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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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