Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
BELA LUGOSII studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
More Bela Lugosi Quotes
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious.
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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.
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Women have a predestination to suffering.
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To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.
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To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
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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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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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I will not be tortured! I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!
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It was hell to go through what I went through. I didn’t know I had so many friends. Many people gave a damn about my situation. They helped cure me.
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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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I’ll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.
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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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Every actor’s greatest ambition is to create his own, definite and original role, a character with which he will always be identified. In my case, that role was Dracula.
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I’ve been using narcotics for 20 years.
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The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.
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