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In the studio the director controls the actor’s every move, every inflection, every expression.

Bela Lugosi

To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
BELA LUGOSI

Challenges Compelling Offer
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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Bed Heart Hot Sheets
Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.
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heavy Language Speech
People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties… they live like ants.
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Life People Thinking
To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious.
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Dead Glorious Dies
Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
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Actors Capitalist States
When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.
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Company Film Red
In the studio the director controls the actor’s every move, every inflection, every expression.
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Director Expression Moving
That is different, to have someone think that I am evil when I really am not.
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Different Evil Thinking
The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.
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Character Ghouls Romantic Love
I’d like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.
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Interesting Play Roles
Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
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Done Roles Stage
I never drink… wine.
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Drink never Wine
The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.
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Actors Giving Performance
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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Play Roles Years
In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
BELA LUGOSI

Necessary Theory Window

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