Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
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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Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.
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I have never met a vampire personally, but I don’t know what might happen tomorrow.
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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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It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role.
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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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The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.
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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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Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he’d be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.
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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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Death, the final, triumphant lover.
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I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?
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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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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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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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Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn’t stand it.
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