Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
BELA LUGOSIIt 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.
More Bela Lugosi Quotes
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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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The stage is near and dear to me.
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Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
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To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.
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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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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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It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
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Supernatural perhaps…baloney, perhaps not!
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If you are not serious, people will sense it.
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I’d like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.
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People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties… they live like ants.
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Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he’d be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.
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I have never met a vampire personally, but I don’t know what might happen tomorrow.
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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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