Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
BELA LUGOSIIf my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers.
More Bela Lugosi Quotes
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I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
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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 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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When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.
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I will not be tortured! I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!
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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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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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The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.
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Women have a predestination to suffering.
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People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties… they live like ants.
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Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn’t stand it.
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I never play without my cape.
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That is different, to have someone think that I am evil when I really am not.
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The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.
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