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

Bela Lugosi

I will not be tortured! I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!
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Myself Tears Torture
Supernatural perhaps…baloney, perhaps not!
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Black Cat Cat
It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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Hard Roles Work Years
Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
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Actors Capitalist States
If you are not serious, people will sense it.
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People Serious Seriousness
I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
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Art Degrees Years
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
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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Ghouls Play School
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
To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.
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Take Winning Women
I’ll take any story if it’s good.
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Any Good Stories Take
When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.
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Company Film Red
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 lived too completely. I think I have known every human emotion.
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Emotion Human Thinking
It is women who bear the race in bloody agony. Suffering is a kind of horror. Blood is a kind of horror. Women are born with horror in their very bloodstream. It is a biological thing.
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Agony Blood Race
To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
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Challenges Compelling Offer

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

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