Every producer in Hollywood had set me down as a type. I was both amused and disappointed.
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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If you are not serious, people will sense it.
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Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
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The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.
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The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.
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The stage is near and dear to me.
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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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Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn’t stand it.
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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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That is different, to have someone think that I am evil when I really am not.
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Death, the final, triumphant lover.
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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.
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To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
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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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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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