The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.
BELA LUGOSIEvery 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.
More Bela Lugosi Quotes
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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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It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.
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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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People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties… they live like ants.
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I’ll take any story if it’s good.
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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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I don’t have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension.
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I never drink… wine.
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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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Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
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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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The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.
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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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Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
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