I have lived too completely. I think I have known every human emotion.
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.
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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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People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties… they live like ants.
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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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Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
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Women have a predestination to suffering.
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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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To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
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The stage is near and dear to me.
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When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.
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Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn’t stand it.
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I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?
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Death, the final, triumphant lover.
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I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
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I never play without my cape.
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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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