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I never drink… wine.

Bela Lugosi

I never drink… wine.
BELA LUGOSI

Drink never Wine
That is different, to have someone think that I am evil when I really am not.
BELA LUGOSI

Different Evil Thinking
I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?
BELA LUGOSI

Be You Looks Mirrors
The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.
BELA LUGOSI

Ignorance Lying Mean
Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.
BELA LUGOSI

Believe People Personality
If you are not serious, people will sense it.
BELA LUGOSI

People Serious Seriousness
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.
BELA LUGOSI

Cry Horror Over
Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.
BELA LUGOSI

heavy Language Speech
To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
BELA LUGOSI

Challenges Compelling Offer
People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties… they live like ants.
BELA LUGOSI

Life People Thinking
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

Ghouls Play School
The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.
BELA LUGOSI

Actors Giving Performance
The stage is near and dear to me.
BELA LUGOSI

Dear Near Stage
I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
BELA LUGOSI

Art Degrees Years
The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.
BELA LUGOSI

Character Ghouls Romantic Love
I have lived too completely. I think I have known every human emotion.
BELA LUGOSI

Emotion Human Thinking
I’ll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.
BELA LUGOSI

Important Paycheck Truthful
I don’t have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension.
BELA LUGOSI

Age Dependent Dimes
When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.
BELA LUGOSI

Company Film Red
Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
BELA LUGOSI

Acting Enthusiasm Martyrdom
The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.
BELA LUGOSI

Bites Happen Irresistible Tomorrow
It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
BELA LUGOSI

Hard Roles Work Years
I will not be tortured! I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!
BELA LUGOSI

Myself Tears Torture
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.
BELA LUGOSI

Stage Technique Thousand
To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.
BELA LUGOSI

Take Winning Women
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.
BELA LUGOSI

Actor Performance Stage
I’ll take any story if it’s good.
BELA LUGOSI

Any Good Stories Take

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