In the studio the director controls the actor’s every move, every inflection, every expression.
BELA LUGOSIIn Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy.
More Bela Lugosi Quotes
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Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
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The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.
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In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy.
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Supernatural perhaps…baloney, perhaps not!
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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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That is different, to have someone think that I am evil when I really am not.
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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 never drink… wine.
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If you are not serious, people will sense it.
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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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To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
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I have played Dracula a thousand times on stage and I find I have become thoroughly settled in the technique of the stage and not of the screen.
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Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he’d be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.
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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 enjoy my work. I haven’t been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession.
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