You can’t make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.
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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In the studio the director controls the actor’s every move, every inflection, every expression.
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The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.
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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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Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious.
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In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy.
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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 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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To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.
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It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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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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I never drink… wine.
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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.
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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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