The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.
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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Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.
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I will not be tortured! I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!
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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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Death, the final, triumphant lover.
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Women have a predestination to suffering.
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I have never met a vampire personally, but I don’t know what might happen tomorrow.
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The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.
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Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
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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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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious.
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Supernatural perhaps…baloney, perhaps not!
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Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn’t stand it.
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I’ll take any story if it’s good.
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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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To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
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