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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious.

Bela Lugosi

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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Actor Performance Stage
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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Ghouls Play School
People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties… they live like ants.
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Life People Thinking
I have never met a vampire personally, but I don’t know what might happen tomorrow.
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Ghouls might Vampires
I never drink… wine.
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Drink never Wine
Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
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Acting Enthusiasm Martyrdom
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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Agony Blood Race
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.
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Hell People Umpires
It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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Hard Roles Work Years
You can’t make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.
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Believe People Play
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
Women have a predestination to suffering.
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Predestination Suffering Women
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
I’ll take any story if it’s good.
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Any Good Stories Take
I’d like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.
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Interesting Play Roles
To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
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Challenges Compelling Offer

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