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Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.

Bela Lugosi

Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.
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heavy Language Speech
I never play without my cape.
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Capes never Play
I never drink… wine.
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Drink never Wine
Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
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Acting Enthusiasm Martyrdom
I’ll take any story if it’s good.
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Any Good Stories Take
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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Actor Performance Stage
To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
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Challenges Compelling Offer
The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.
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Actors Giving Performance
I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
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Art Degrees Years
I’ve been using narcotics for 20 years.
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Narcotics Twenty Year Years
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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Fever Role Vampire
To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.
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Take Winning Women
Supernatural perhaps…baloney, perhaps not!
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Black Cat Cat
Every producer in Hollywood had set me down as a type. I was both amused and disappointed.
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Amusement Hollywood Type
If you are not serious, people will sense it.
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People Serious Seriousness
People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties… they live like ants.
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Life People Thinking

Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.

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