If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers.
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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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 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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I never play without my cape.
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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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I enjoy my work. I haven’t been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession.
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The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.
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Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.
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The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.
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Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
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I will not be tortured! I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!
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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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I have lived too completely. I think I have known every human emotion.
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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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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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