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I’ll take any story if it’s good.

Bela Lugosi

Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
BELA LUGOSI

Acting Enthusiasm Martyrdom
It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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Hard Roles Work Years
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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Ghouls Play School
Women have a predestination to suffering.
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Predestination Suffering Women
Death, the final, triumphant lover.
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Finals Lovers Triumphant
To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
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Challenges Compelling Offer
You can’t make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.
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Believe People Play
I will not be tortured! I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!
BELA LUGOSI

Myself Tears Torture
Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
BELA LUGOSI

Done Roles Stage
Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he’d be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.
BELA LUGOSI

Actor Mad Plumbers
Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn’t stand it.
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Freak Reduce Stand
I’ll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.
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Important Paycheck Truthful
I’ve been using narcotics for 20 years.
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Narcotics Twenty Year Years
I have never met a vampire personally, but I don’t know what might happen tomorrow.
BELA LUGOSI

Ghouls might Vampires
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 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

I’ll take any story if it’s good.

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