I have lived too completely. I think I have known every human emotion.
BELA LUGOSIThe stage is near and dear to me.
More Bela Lugosi Quotes
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In the studio the director controls the actor’s every move, every inflection, every expression.
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Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he’d be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.
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I’ve been using narcotics for 20 years.
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Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
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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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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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If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers.
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The stage is near and dear to me.
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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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Every actor’s greatest ambition is to create his own, definite and original role, a character with which he will always be identified. In my case, that role was Dracula.
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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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To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
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I’ll take any story if it’s good.
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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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Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn’t stand it.
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