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I will not be tortured! I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!

Bela Lugosi

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
Every producer in Hollywood had set me down as a type. I was both amused and disappointed.
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Amusement Hollywood Type
The stage is near and dear to me.
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Dear Near Stage
If you are not serious, people will sense it.
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People Serious Seriousness
I never play without my cape.
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Capes never Play
The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.
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Character Ghouls Romantic Love
Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
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Acting Enthusiasm Martyrdom
I never drink… wine.
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Drink never Wine
Death, the final, triumphant lover.
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Finals Lovers Triumphant
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
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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Heart Mind People
I have never met a vampire personally, but I don’t know what might happen tomorrow.
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Ghouls might Vampires
To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious.
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Dead Glorious Dies
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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Career Law Philosophy
Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
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Actors Capitalist States
I’d like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.
BELA LUGOSI

Interesting Play Roles

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