To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious.
BELA LUGOSIIt took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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The stage is near and dear to me.
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I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
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The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.
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People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties… they live like ants.
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I have lived too completely. I think I have known every human emotion.
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I have never met a vampire personally, but I don’t know what might happen tomorrow.
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I’ll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.
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I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?
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Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.
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In the studio the director controls the actor’s every move, every inflection, every expression.
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It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role.
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I don’t have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension.
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You can’t make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.
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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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That is different, to have someone think that I am evil when I really am not.
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