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There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me.

Bela Lugosi

In the studio the director controls the actor’s every move, every inflection, every expression.
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Director Expression Moving
Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.
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heavy Language Speech
I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?
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Be You Looks Mirrors
I’ll take any story if it’s good.
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Any Good Stories Take
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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Actor Performance Stage
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
The role seemed to demand that I keep myself worked up to fever pitch, so I took on the actual attributes of the horrible vampire, Dracula.
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Fever Role Vampire
To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.
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Take Winning Women
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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Hell People Umpires
In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
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Necessary Theory Window
I never play without my cape.
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Capes never Play
To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
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Challenges Compelling Offer
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
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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Cry Horror Over
The stage is near and dear to me.
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Dear Near Stage
I’d like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.
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