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

Bela Lugosi

I never play without my cape.
BELA LUGOSI

Capes never Play
Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
BELA LUGOSI

Done Roles Stage
The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.
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Ignorance Lying Mean
To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
BELA LUGOSI

Challenges Compelling Offer
I will not be tortured! I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!
BELA LUGOSI

Myself Tears Torture
The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.
BELA LUGOSI

Bites Happen Irresistible Tomorrow
You can’t make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.
BELA LUGOSI

Believe People Play
It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role.
BELA LUGOSI

Play Roles Years
I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
BELA LUGOSI

Art Degrees Years
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.
BELA LUGOSI

Stage Technique Thousand
It was hell to go through what I went through. I didn’t know I had so many friends. Many people gave a damn about my situation. They helped cure me.
BELA LUGOSI

Hell People Umpires
That is different, to have someone think that I am evil when I really am not.
BELA LUGOSI

Different Evil Thinking
The stage is near and dear to me.
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Dear Near Stage
I have lived too completely. I think I have known every human emotion.
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Emotion Human Thinking
I don’t have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension.
BELA LUGOSI

Age Dependent Dimes
There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me.
BELA LUGOSI

Ghouls Play School

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