The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.
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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It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role.
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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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The stage is near and dear to me.
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I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious.
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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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Death, the final, triumphant lover.
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I have never met a vampire personally, but I don’t know what might happen tomorrow.
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In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
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I’ll take any story if it’s good.
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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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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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Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
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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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Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.
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