Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.
BELA LUGOSIMy 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.
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 producer in Hollywood had set me down as a type. I was both amused and disappointed.
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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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Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
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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 never drink… wine.
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The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.
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Death, the final, triumphant lover.
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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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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’ll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.
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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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I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?
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I have lived too completely. I think I have known every human emotion.
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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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