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

Bela Lugosi

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’ve been using narcotics for 20 years.
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Narcotics Twenty Year Years
I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?
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Be You Looks Mirrors
In the studio the director controls the actor’s every move, every inflection, every expression.
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Director Expression Moving
Every actor’s greatest ambition is to create his own, definite and original role, a character with which he will always be identified. In my case, that role was Dracula.
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Ambition Character Roles
The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.
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Character Ghouls Romantic Love
To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.
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Take Winning Women
Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn’t stand it.
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Freak Reduce Stand
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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Play Roles Years
If you are not serious, people will sense it.
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People Serious Seriousness
I never drink… wine.
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Drink never Wine
That is different, to have someone think that I am evil when I really am not.
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Different Evil Thinking
Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.
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Believe People Personality
I have played Dracula a thousand times on stage and I find I have become thoroughly settled in the technique of the stage and not of the screen.
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Stage Technique Thousand
You can’t make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.
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Believe People Play
It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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Hard Roles Work Years

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

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