Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
BELA LUGOSII never play without my cape.
More Bela Lugosi Quotes
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The stage is near and dear to me.
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The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.
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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’ll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.
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I never play without my cape.
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Death, the final, triumphant lover.
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It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers.
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To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.
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A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on the stage.
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You can’t make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.
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It is women who love horror. Gloat over it. Feed on it. Are nourished by it. Shudder and cling and cry out-and come back for more.
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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 will not be tortured! I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!
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I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?
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