To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious.
BELA LUGOSII’d like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.
More Bela Lugosi Quotes
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When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.
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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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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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Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn’t stand 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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I’ll take any story if it’s good.
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That is different, to have someone think that I am evil when I really am not.
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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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I’d like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.
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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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I never drink… wine.
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The stage is near and dear to me.
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It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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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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Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
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