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Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.

Bela Lugosi

Supernatural perhaps…baloney, perhaps not!
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Black Cat Cat
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
That is different, to have someone think that I am evil when I really am not.
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Different Evil Thinking
I’ll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.
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Important Paycheck Truthful
I guess I’m pretty much of a lone wolf. I don’t say I don’t like people at all, but, to tell you the truth, I only like it then if I have a chance to look deep into their hearts and their minds.
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Heart Mind People
I have never met a vampire personally, but I don’t know what might happen tomorrow.
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Ghouls might Vampires
Death, the final, triumphant lover.
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Finals Lovers Triumphant
The stage is near and dear to me.
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Dear Near Stage
People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties… they live like ants.
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Life People 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
The role seemed to demand that I keep myself worked up to fever pitch, so I took on the actual attributes of the horrible vampire, Dracula.
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Fever Role Vampire
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
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 will not be tortured! I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!
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Myself Tears Torture
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
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

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