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.
BELA LUGOSII’ll take any story if it’s good.
More Bela Lugosi Quotes
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If you are not serious, people will sense it.
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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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To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
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Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn’t stand it.
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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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To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.
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I enjoy my work. I haven’t been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession.
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Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.
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I will not be tortured! I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!
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I’ll take any story if it’s good.
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I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?
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Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
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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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That is different, to have someone think that I am evil when I really am not.
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