I don’t have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension.
BELA LUGOSIThere was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me.
More Bela Lugosi Quotes
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I guess I’m pretty much of a lone wolf. I don’t say I don’t like people at all, but, to tell you the truth, I only like it then if I have a chance to look deep into their hearts and their minds.
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Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.
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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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In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
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The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.
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My body grew hot, then cold. I tried to eat the bed sheets. My heart beat madly. Every joint in my body ached. When I took the cure they took it all away from me.
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I’d like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.
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Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he’d be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.
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To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
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People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties… they live like ants.
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I’ll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.
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It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?
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Supernatural perhaps…baloney, perhaps not!
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The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.
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