In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy.
BELA LUGOSII have lived too completely. I think I have known every human emotion.
More Bela Lugosi Quotes
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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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A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on the stage.
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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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Women have a predestination to suffering.
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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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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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People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties… they live like ants.
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You can’t make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.
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I’ve been using narcotics for 20 years.
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I’ll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.
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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 look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?
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Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
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I never play without my cape.
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The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.
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