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

Bela Lugosi

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.
BELA LUGOSI

Actor Performance Stage
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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Age Dependent Dimes
Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
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Acting Enthusiasm Martyrdom
Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
BELA LUGOSI

Done Roles Stage
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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Cry Horror Over
I never play without my cape.
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Capes never Play
It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role.
BELA LUGOSI

Play Roles Years
Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn’t stand it.
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Freak Reduce Stand
In the studio the director controls the actor’s every move, every inflection, every expression.
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Director Expression Moving
Women have a predestination to suffering.
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Predestination Suffering Women
The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.
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Ignorance Lying Mean
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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Hell People Umpires
In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy.
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Career Law Philosophy
I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
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Art Degrees Years
The stage is near and dear to me.
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Dear Near Stage
I never drink… wine.
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Drink never Wine

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

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