Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
BELA LUGOSIEvery producer in Hollywood had set me down as a type. I was both amused and disappointed.
More Bela Lugosi Quotes
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I’ll take any story if it’s good.
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The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.
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The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.
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Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.
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Women have a predestination to suffering.
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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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Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.
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There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me.
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I never play without my cape.
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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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I enjoy my work. I haven’t been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession.
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Supernatural perhaps…baloney, perhaps not!
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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 took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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